13-letter words containing l, e, n, g, t
- letter ruling — a written ruling sent by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in response to a query concerning the application of the tax laws to a specific situation.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lightlessness — The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light.
- lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- line integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given curve approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the length of the arcs in the partition times the value of the function at some point on each arc.
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- little finger — the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- logging stone — rocking stone.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- marginal note — aside
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.