14-letter words containing e, a, r, l, y
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- learn by heart — memorize
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- letter quality — of or producing printed characters similar in quality and clarity to typewritten characters
- letter-quality — (of computer printers and their output) pertaining to an appearance equal in legibility and resolution to copy typed on an electric typewriter: A letter-quality printer produces sharper copy than a dot-matrix model.
- liberty bailey — Liberty Hyde, 1858–1954, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and writer.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- lightheartedly — In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- literary agent — a person who manages the business affairs of an author
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
- marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
- mary magdalene — Mary of Magdala, whom Jesus healed of possession by devils, Luke 8:2: traditionally identified with the repentant woman whom Jesus forgave. Luke 7:37–50.
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- mortality rate — number of deaths in a population