17-letter words containing i, l, e

life and/or death — If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
lifelong learning — the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment
lifestyle disease — a disease that potentially can be prevented by changes in diet, environment, and lifestyle, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, and osteoporosis
light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
light in the head — dizzy; giddy
light machine gun — any air-cooled machine gun having a caliber not greater than 0.30 inches (7.6 mm).
light mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
lighting engineer — a person qualified and trained to design the illumination for a building, house, event, etc
ligurian republic — the republic in NW Italy set up by Napoleon in 1797, incorporated into France in 1805, and united with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814.
limestone lettuce — a variety of lettuce derived from Bibb lettuce.
limited liability — a liability restricted by law or contract, as the liability of owners of shares in a corporation or limited company, or that of a special partner.
limousine liberal — a wealthy left-wing person
line conditioning — (communications) The adjustment of electrical characteristics of, e.g., twisted pair telephone lines by insertion of components such as resistors, capacitors, transformers or (commonly) inductors. Lines intended for analogue voice signals usually have inductors inserted every few miles; such a line is said to be "loaded". The special purpose lines which have neither inductors nor the DC voltage which powers ordinary telephones are said to be "dry," and are much better for data transmission.
line of induction — (formerly) a line of force in a magnetic field.
line of longitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating longitude
line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
linear assignment — assignment problem
linear dependence — (in linear algebra) the property of a set of elements in a vector space in which at least one of the vectors in the set can be written as a linear combination of the others.
lipopolysaccaride — a molecule, consisting of lipid and polysaccharide components, that is the main constituent of the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria
liquid petrolatum — mineral oil.
liquid propellant — a rocket propellant in liquid form.
lisp machine lisp — (language) An extension of Maclisp, now called Zetalisp.
listings magazine — a magazine with lists of TV and radio schedules
literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
literary executor — a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.
lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
lithium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.
litigation friend — a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability
little black book — an address book, esp. one kept by a man, with the names of women companions considered available for dating
little blue heron — a small heron, Egretta caerulea, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, having bluish-gray plumage.
little fork river — a river in N Minnesota, flowing N to the Rainy River on the Canadian border. 132 miles (212 km) long.
live and let live — be tolerant of others
live free or die! — 1. The state motto of New Hampshire, which appears on that state's automobile licence plates. 2. A slogan associated with Unix in the romantic days when Unix aficionados saw themselves as a tiny, beleaguered underground tilting against the windmills of industry. The "free" referred specifically to freedom from the fascist design philosophies and crufty misfeatures common on commercial operating systems. Armando Stettner, one of the early Unix developers, used to give out fake licence plates bearing this motto under a large Unix, all in New Hampshire colours of green and white. These are now valued collector's items.
livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
local anaesthesia — the use of anaesthetics that affect a particular area of the body
local anaesthetic — sth injected to numb a body part for pain relief
local examination — any of various examinations, such as the GCSE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
locomotive driver — an engine driver
locomotive engine — a self-propelled engine driven by steam, electricity, or diesel power and used for drawing trains along railway tracks
loggerhead shrike — a common, North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, gray above and white below with black wings, tail, and facial mask.
logical operation — Boolean operation.
long in the tooth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
loose-joint hinge — a hinge having a knuckle formed from half of each flap, and with the upper half removable from the pin.
loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper

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