14-letter words containing i, l, e, s
- lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- lepontine alps — a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- leucocytolysis — the destruction of leucocytes
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- libidinousness — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- licorice stick — a clarinet.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- 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.
- like this/that — You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing.
- likemindedness — Alternative spelling of like-mindedness.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.