14-letter words containing d, e, l
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- literal-minded — unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
- little daedala — either of two festivals held in ancient Boeotia in honor of the reconciliation of Hera with Zeus, one (Little Daedala) being held every 6 years, the other (Great Daedala) every 59 years.
- little diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
- live and learn — gain knowledge and experience
- living bandage — a method of treating severe burns or other skin injuries in which cultured cells grown from a sample of the patient's own skin are applied to the wound in order to stimulate new cell growth and avoid problems of graft rejection
- llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- lodgepole pine — a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
- long-eared owl — a mottled-gray owl, Asio otus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long tuft on each side of the head.
- lopez de ayala — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1332–1407, Spanish writer and statesman.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- lord protector — protector (def 2b).
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lowside window — (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation
- male-dominated — with men in control
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- mare acidalium — (Sea of Venus) an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.