12-letter words containing n, o, r, t
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- 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.
- linzer torte — a sweet pastry, often made with powdered nuts, having a filling of red jam and a lattice crust.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- lofting iron — a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- 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-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lover's knot — love knot.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lustrousness — the state or condition of being lustrous
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- 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.
- majoritarian — of, relating to, or constituting a majority: majoritarian democracy.
- malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malnormality — (mathematics, group theory) The property of a subgroup H of a group G where, for any x in G but not in H, H and Hx intersect in the identity element.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- 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 of straw — straw man.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.