12-letter words containing e, n, l, o
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- last but one — next to last
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- lead balloon — a total failure
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- 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.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legalization — to make legal; authorize.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- lemon cheese — a soft paste made from lemons, sugar, eggs, and butter, used as a spread or filling
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
- lend oneself — to give support, cooperation, etc
- leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
- let floating — (programming) A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.