13-letter words containing l, e, s
- agroecologist — One who studies agroecology.
- airplane spin — a maneuver in which a wrestler, grasping an opponent by the head and crotch, lifts the opponent's body crosswise overhead, lowers it to the shoulders for support, then spins around and throws the opponent back over the head to the mat.
- aix-les-bains — a town in E France: a resort with sulphurous springs. Pop: 25 732 (1999)
- albertosaurus — A giant fierce carnivorous tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur, of gemus Albertosaurus, discovered in Alberta, Canada.
- alchemistical — relating to alchemists
- alcohol abuse — the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- alexis carrel — Alexis [uh-lek-sis;; French a-lek-see] /əˈlɛk sɪs;; French a lɛkˈsi/ (Show IPA), 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- alkaline soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
- alkane series — the homologous series of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n+2 , as methane, CH 4 , or ethane, C 2 H 6 .
- alkene series — the homologous series of unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one double bond and having the general formula C n H 2n , as ethylene, H 2 C=CH 2 .
- all-cash deal — An all-cash deal is a financial transaction in which the payment is made entirely in money.
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- alliterations — Plural form of alliteration.
- allowableness — the quality of being allowable
- allyl sulfide — a colorless or pale yellow, water-insoluble liquid, C 6 H 10 S, having a garlicky odor, used chiefly in flavoring.
- almond-shaped — oval
- alongshoreman — a person employed to load and unload ships
- alpha testing — (programming) Testing of software at the developer's site by the customer. The stage before beta testing.
- alphabet soup — a confusing series of acronyms or abbreviations
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- alstroemerias — Plural form of alstroemeria.
- alterableness — The state or quality of being alterable.
- alternateness — The state or quality of being alternate.
- alternativism — The rejection of a social normality through the pursuit of alternatives.
- althorp house — a mansion in Northamptonshire: seat of the Earls Spencer since 1508; originally a medieval house; altered (1787) to its present neoclassical style by Henry Holland. Diana, Princess of Wales is buried on Round Oval Island in the centre of the ornamental lake in Althorp Park
- aluminiferous — containing or yielding aluminium or alumina
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- ambisexuality — the state of being ambisexual
- amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
- amphiprostyle — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
- amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- analogousness — The quality of being analogous.
- analphabetism — the inability to read and write, illiteracy
- andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
- anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
- angel's share — the amount of alcoholic liquor that evaporates during distillation.
- angelicalness — The state or quality of being angelical.
- angioplasties — Plural form of angioplasty.
- angular house — any of the four astrological houses that begin at the angles: the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, that correspond, respectively, to self, home, others, and career.
- annular space — An annular space is a ring-shaped space outside the drillpipe, through which mud and cuttings are removed.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.