12-letter words containing d, r, o, l, n, e
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- irreconciled — not reconciled, esp with God
- jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- 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.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- 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
- 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.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- 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).
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- noneditorial — not relating to an editor or an editorial
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.