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14-letter words containing l, h, e, a

  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lichenological — relating to lichenology
  • lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
  • life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
  • light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • lightheartedly — In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
  • like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
  • like this/that — You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing.
  • little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
  • little theater — generally noncommercial drama, usually of an experimental nature and directed at a limited audience.
  • little theatre — small venue for amateur dramatics
  • local preacher — (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
  • longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
  • 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.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • lothian region — a former local government region in SE central Scotland, formed in 1975 from East Lothian, most of Midlothian, and West Lothian; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, and Edinburgh
  • low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
  • major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
  • make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • maternal death — the death of a woman while pregnant or shortly after childbirth or an abortion
  • mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
  • mechanicalness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
  • mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
  • medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
  • megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
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