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16-letter words containing l, e, t, d

  • lady of the lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.
  • lakeland terrier — one of a breed of small, slender terriers, raised originally in northwestern England for hunting foxes.
  • landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
  • latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
  • lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • lay intermediary — a layperson who is interposed between a lawyer and client to prevent the existence of a direct relationship between them.
  • lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • lead(ii) acetate — a white crystalline toxic solid used in dyeing cotton and in making varnishes and enamels. Formula: Pb(CH3CO)2
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • leconte de lisle — Charles Marie [sharl ma-ree] /ʃarl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1818–94, French poet.
  • led page printer — LED printer
  • left-hand dagger — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
  • legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
  • letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
  • lettre de cachet — a letter under the seal of the sovereign, especially one ordering imprisonment, frequently without trial.
  • lettre de change — bill of exchange.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • life after death — If you talk about life after death, you are discussing the possibility that people may continue to exist in some form after they die.
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
  • listening device — a device used to overhear, record, or monitor speech
  • lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
  • lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
  • little englander — an English person who believes the best interests of Britain are served by attention to Britain itself, rather than to the concerns of the empire.
  • live on the edge — take risks
  • lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
  • lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
  • lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
  • luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
  • madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
  • maitre de ballet — ballet master.
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
  • margaret drabble — Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
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