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13-letter words containing l, e, g, n, d, i

  • levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • line breeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
  • middle finger — the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
  • middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
  • mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
  • nondigestible — Not digestible.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
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