13-letter words containing l, b, e, a
- irretraceable — unable to be retraced.
- irretrievable — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- irritableness — Quality of being irritable.
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lake balkhash — a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- larder beetle — a black beetle, Dermestes lardarius, the larvae of which feed on dried meats, hides, furs, etc.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leaden-limbed — sluggish; incapable of movement
- leading block — lead block.
- least bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- leibniz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- liberal elite — the group of people in a society who are considered as having a high level of education and liberal ideas
- liberal party — a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
- liberalminded — Having a liberal opinion or stance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- library table — a large pedestal writing table or desk.
- 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).
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.