13-letter words containing m, e, r, l
- kemal ataturk — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kettledrummer — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- laramie range — a mountain range in N Colorado and SE Wyoming. Highest peak, Laramie Peak, 9020 feet (2749 meters).
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- leonine rhyme — the form of internal rhyme used in leonine verse.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- liberalminded — Having a liberal opinion or stance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- mackerel gull — tern1 .
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.