12-letter words containing d, e, n, a, l
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- land-grabber — a person who seizes land illegally or underhandedly.
- landed price — the price when delivered
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
- landing gear — the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.
- landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
- landlessness — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- lead balloon — a total failure
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leading edge — Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading rein — a rein used to lead a horse
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life