14-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o, r
- 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.
- 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
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- 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.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- liberalization — (US) The process or act of making more liberal.
- liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
- licorice stick — a clarinet.
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lincoln center — a centre for the performing arts in New York City, including theatres, a library, and a school
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- literalization — The act or process of literalizing.
- little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- 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
- louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate