14-letter words containing l, i, t, e, n, r
- intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intolerantness — the quality or state of being intolerant
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irrationalness — The quality of being irrational.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- irrestrainable — That cannot be restrained.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- knee-trembling — very exciting
- knight templar — Templar.
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- lateralization — functional specialization of the brain, with some skills, as language, occurring primarily in the left hemisphere and others, as the perception of visual and spatial relationships, occurring primarily in the right hemisphere.
- lathing hammer — a hatchet having a small hammer face for trimming and nailing wooden lath.
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leading rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable but junior to that of a corporal in the army
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- liberalization — (US) The process or act of making more liberal.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.