13-letter words containing g, l, e, n, r
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legionary ant — army ant
- letter ruling — a written ruling sent by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in response to a query concerning the application of the tax laws to a specific situation.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
- lincoln green — an olive-green color.
- line breeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- line integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given curve approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the length of the arcs in the partition times the value of the function at some point on each arc.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- little finger — the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.
- london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
- mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- marginal note — aside
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
- marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- marine league — a unit of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km).
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- mercy killing — euthanasia (def 1).
- mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- middle finger — the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mine-clearing — the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- minor-leaguer — a member of a minor-league team.