12-letter words containing l, i, e, d, r
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
- lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- liriodendron — either of the two deciduous trees of the magnoliaceous genus Liriodendron, the tulip trees of North America or China
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- materialized — Simple past tense and past participle of materialize.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- meander line — a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- men-children — plural of man-child.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.