15-letter words containing l, a, r, c
- lecture theatre — auditorium
- legacy software — legacy system
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- linear collider — a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles are made to collide
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- lira da braccio — a many-stringed musical instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, played with a bow and used for polyphonic improvisation.
- literary critic — sb who reviews literature
- literary device — technique used in writing
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
- little corporal — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
- little entrance — the solemn procession in which the book of the Gospels is carried through the nave of the church and into the bema.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- local authority — council, local government
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- logical address — virtual address
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- luggage carrier — car accessory
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- mackerel breeze — a strong breeze
- macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- mandarin collar — a narrow, stand-up collar, not quite meeting at the front.