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13-letter words containing l, o, s

  • jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
  • kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.
  • kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
  • killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
  • kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
  • kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
  • king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • kneehole desk — a desk with a space for the knees between two side panels
  • knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
  • knowledgeless — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
  • kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
  • kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
  • laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
  • labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
  • labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
  • lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
  • lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
  • lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
  • lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
  • laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • laparoscopies — Plural form of laparoscopy.
  • laparoscopist — One who carries out laparoscopy.
  • laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
  • laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
  • 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.
  • laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
  • lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
  • 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.
  • lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
  • law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • leather goods — products made of animal skin
  • leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
  • lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
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