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16-letter words containing d, i, o, l

  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
  • indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
  • inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
  • isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
  • isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
  • laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
  • latissimus dorsi — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • leconte de lisle — Charles Marie [sharl ma-ree] /ʃarl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1818–94, French poet.
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
  • letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
  • light adaptation — the reflex adaptation of the eye to bright light, consisting of an increase in the number of functioning cones, accompanied by a decrease in the number of functioning rods (opposed to dark adaptation).
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
  • lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
  • lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
  • live on the edge — take risks
  • lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
  • lobe-finned fish — any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth.
  • lodgepole (pine) — a Rocky Mountain pine (Pinus contorta) used for lumber, poles, etc.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • lord howe island — an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
  • lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
  • lords-and-ladies — (used with a singular verb) cuckoopint.
  • machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
  • macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
  • magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • maid of all work — a maid who does all types of housework
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