12-letter words containing l, a, t, e, r, i
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lantern ring — gland2 (def 1).
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- lateral line — the line, or system of lines, of sensory structures along the head and sides of fishes and amphibians, by which the animal is believed to detect water current and pressure changes and vibrations.
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liddell hart — (Sir) Basil Henry, 1895–1970, English military historian and strategist.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
- link trainer — a ground-training device for training pilots and aircrew in the use of flight instruments
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.