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12-letter words containing m, i, n, a, l

  • lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
  • landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
  • languishment — the act or state of languishing.
  • large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
  • latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • legitimating — Present participle of legitimate.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • lemminkainen — (in the Kalevala) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is sometimes helped by his mother.
  • lemnian seal — the earth of the Greek island of Lemnos, which is famous for its medicinal properties
  • lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
  • lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
  • limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
  • line manager — immediate supervisor
  • 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.
  • linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
  • lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
  • lisp machine — 1.   (architecture)   Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2.   (hardware, operating system)   A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
  • lollipop man — (in Britain) a person who stops traffic by holding up a circular sign on a pole to allow children to cross a road safely
  • lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
  • machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
  • macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
  • madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
  • madonna lily — a lily, Lilium candidum, having clusters of pure white, bell-shaped flowers.
  • maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
  • magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
  • magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
  • mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
  • mailing list — a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent.
  • mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
  • main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
  • mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
  • maintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)
  • male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
  • malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
  • malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
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