16-letter words containing d, o, i, t
- 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.
- 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.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- 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
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- make a day of it — to cause an activity to last a day
- maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- media atropatene — an ancient region in NW Iran, formerly a part of Media.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methylene iodide — a yellow liquid, CH 2 I 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used for the separation of mixtures of minerals and in organic synthesis.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mutual induction — the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.
- national holiday — a holiday that is observed throughout a nation.
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine