12-letter words containing n, e, t, l, d
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- long-stemmed — having a long stem or stems: long-stemmed roses.
- long-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- middle latin — Medieval Latin
- milne method — a numerical method, involving Simpson's rule, for solving a linear differential equation.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- multicentred — Having multiple centres.
- multidentate — having several or many teeth or toothlike processes.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- nationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalize.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- nested class — (Java) In Java, a class defined within an enclosing class definition. A static nested class has no direct access to the members of its enclosing class whereas a non-static nested class, known as an "inner class", is associated with an instance of the enclosing class and an instance of the inner class has direct access to the members of its enclosing instance.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherlander — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.