13-letter words containing l, a, n, d, s, t
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- essentialized — Simple past tense and past participle of essentialize.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- individualist — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
- industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
- industrialist — a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- intersidereal — interstellar
- island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landfill site — also landfill
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- landsmanshaft — a fraternal organization made up of immigrants from the same region.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- lead arsenate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, highly poisonous powder, PbHAsO 4 , used as an insecticide.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.