13-letter words containing l, o, n, g, i
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- leghemoglobin — a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legionellosis — An infectious disease caused by Legionella bacteria, taking one of two distinct forms: Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever.
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lightning rod — a rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
- lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- lincoln green — an olive-green color.
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- living fossil — an organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logging stone — rocking stone.
- london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
- long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
- long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- looking glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- looking-glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.