14-letter words containing m, l, e, a, r
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- literal-minded — unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
- little america — a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- lleras camargo — Alberto [ahl-ver-taw] /ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, Colombian journalist, writer, and political leader: president 1945–46, 1958–62.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- loan agreement — an agreement on the terms of a loan
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- macromolecular — Of or relating to a macromolecule.
- macromolecules — Plural form of macromolecule.
- madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
- mail exchanger — (messaging) A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate