14-letter words containing l, e, m
- lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- let someone be — To let someone be means to leave them alone and not interfere in what they are doing.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- lifetime limit — The lifetime limit of a health insurance plan is the maximum coverage that it offers, after which payment stops, and the policyholder must pay all remaining costs.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- likemindedness — Alternative spelling of like-mindedness.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
- line-item veto — the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- lip microphone — a microphone designed and shaped to be held close to the mouth, for use in noisy environments
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- literal-minded — unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
- little america — a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.
- little diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- lleras camargo — Alberto [ahl-ver-taw] /ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, Colombian journalist, writer, and political leader: president 1945–46, 1958–62.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- loan agreement — an agreement on the terms of a loan
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome