12-letter words containing m, o, t, l, e
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- little women — a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
- 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.
- long-stemmed — having a long stem or stems: long-stemmed roses.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- lose no time — act without delay
- loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- 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.
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- 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.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melliloquent — Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- mental block — inability to recall
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.