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12-letter words containing d, o, e, r, i

  • leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
  • lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
  • lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
  • lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
  • leveling rod — rod (def 19).
  • liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
  • lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
  • ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
  • lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
  • linux loader — (operating system)   (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
  • lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
  • liriodendron — either of the two deciduous trees of the magnoliaceous genus Liriodendron, the tulip trees of North America or China
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
  • load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
  • london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
  • long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
  • lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
  • low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
  • madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
  • make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
  • māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
  • media person — a person who works in the mass media
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
  • megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
  • melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
  • memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
  • memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
  • memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
  • meridionally — In a meridional manner.
  • micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
  • microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
  • microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • microprinted — printed in microprint
  • microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
  • microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
  • middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
  • mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
  • minirecorder — a small tape recorder, using minicassettes.
  • minor orders — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
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