12-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- line of fire — the straight horizontal line from the muzzle of a weapon in the direction of the axis of the bore, just prior to firing.
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
- linespersons — Plural form of linesperson.
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- 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.
- linzer torte — a sweet pastry, often made with powdered nuts, having a filling of red jam and a lattice crust.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- liriodendron — either of the two deciduous trees of the magnoliaceous genus Liriodendron, the tulip trees of North America or China
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- lofting iron — a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- london broil — a steak, typically served broiled and crosscut into thin slices.
- london brown — carbuncle (def 3).