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12-letter words containing l, a, d, e, n

  • appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
  • apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
  • archiannelid — (zoology) Any member of the Archiannelida.
  • asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
  • backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
  • backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • baden-powell — Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)
  • badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
  • baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • bandy-legged — bow-legged
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
  • benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
  • bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
  • blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
  • bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • brand leader — The brand leader of a particular product is the brand of it that most people choose to buy.
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
  • by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
  • calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
  • calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
  • call-by-need — (reduction)   A reduction strategy which delays evaluation of function arguments until their values are needed. A value is needed if it is an argument to a primitive function or it is the condition in a conditional. Call-by-need is one aspect of lazy evaluation. The term first appears in Chris Wadsworth's thesis "Semantics and Pragmatics of the Lambda calculus" (Oxford, 1971, p. 183). It was used later, by J. Vuillemin in his thesis (Stanford, 1973).
  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • candleholder — a candlestick
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
  • cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
  • cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
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