12-letter words containing l, i, n, e, d, r
- 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.
- 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
- men-children — plural of man-child.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- miller index — one of three integers giving the orientation and position of the face of a crystal in terms of the reciprocals, in lowest terms, of the intercepts of the face with each axis of the crystal.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- multicentred — Having multiple centres.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- near islands — a group of islands of SW Alaska, the smallest and westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- noneditorial — not relating to an editor or an editorial
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- noradrenalin — norepinephrine.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pend oreille — a river in NE Washington, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philodendron — a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- pre-prandial — You use pre-prandial to refer to things you do or have before a meal.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.