14-letter words containing h, e, a, l, r
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lightheartedly — In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
- little theater — generally noncommercial drama, usually of an experimental nature and directed at a limited audience.
- little theatre — small venue for amateur dramatics
- local preacher — (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- lothian region — a former local government region in SE central Scotland, formed in 1975 from East Lothian, most of Midlothian, and West Lothian; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, and Edinburgh
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- mail exchanger — (messaging) A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- maternal death — the death of a woman while pregnant or shortly after childbirth or an abortion
- matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
- medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
- megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- 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).
- metatheatrical — Of or pertaining to metatheatre.
- 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.
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- microaerophile — An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- 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.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- montreal north — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal.
- moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife