12-letter words containing l, e, a, n, t
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- loop antenna — a coil of large diameter, used as an antenna, esp. in direction-finding equipment and in radio receivers
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
- maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
- magnet steel — steel used for the manufacture of permanent magnets, often having a high cobalt content and smaller amounts of nickel, aluminium, or copper
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- maintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- maltreatment — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- managemental — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- mantle plume — plume (def 10).
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
- materialness — The state of being material.
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.