13-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- intradermally — within the dermis.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- invendibility — the state or quality of being invendible or unsaleable
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- itemized bill — invoice giving detailed breakdown of costs
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- killer-diller — killer (def 5).
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kirkland lake — a town in E Ontario, in S Canada: gold-mining center.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- l-head engine — an internal-combustion engine having the intake and exhaust valves arranged in a chamber along one side of the pistons.
- lacedaemonian — of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lake dwelling — a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.
- lancet window — a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landfill site — also landfill
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lead monoxide — litharge.
- leaden-limbed — sluggish; incapable of movement
- leading block — lead block.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legitimatized — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimatize.
- lending limit — the maximum amount of money a bank can lend to a single person or business
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.