19-letter words containing o, d, e, l
- lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
- lady of the evening — a prostitute.
- land of enchantment — New Mexico (used as a nickname).
- lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
- lead someone astray — If someone or something leads you astray, they make you believe something that is not true, causing you to make a wrong decision.
- leading coefficient — the coefficient of the term of highest degree in a given polynomial. 5 is the leading coefficient in 5 x 3 + 3 x 2 − 2 x + 1.
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- leave the door open — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- let one's hair down — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- letters of credence — credentials issued to a diplomat or other governmental representative for presentation to the country to which he or she is sent.
- liaodong pensinsula — a peninsula of NE China, in S Manchuria extending south into the Yellow Sea: forms the S part of Liaoning province
- lie down on the job — to put forth less than one's best efforts
- like a dog's dinner — dressed smartly or ostentatiously
- line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
- lipopolysaccharides — Plural form of lipopolysaccharide.
- load-bearing printf — (programming, humour) The kind of bug present in a program which works correctly when producing debug output but fails when the debugging is turned off. The expression combines load-bearing wall and printf as used in debugging by printf.
- lobby correspondent — a political correspondent who reports from parliament
- lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
- louis ii de bourbon — Condé, Prince de.
- lucia di lammermoor — an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
- maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
- malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
- mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
- medical examination — physical examination
- melodic minor scale — minor scale (def 2).
- mendel's second law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.
- meter-candle-second — a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.
- middle palaeolithic — the period between the Lower and the Upper Palaeolithic, usually taken as equivalent to the Mousterian
- midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
- mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
- millennium meltdown — Year 2000
- mohammed ali jinnah — Mohammed Ali ("Quaid-i-Azam") 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.
- molybdenum trioxide — a white, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble powder, MoO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of molybdenum compounds.
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moses-in-the-cradle — a plant, Rhoeo spathacea, native to the West Indies and Central America, having leaves with purple undersides and white flowers enclosed in a boat-shaped envelope formed by two bracts.
- mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- mousseline de laine — a thin worsted fabric, often having a printed pattern.
- mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
- multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
- non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- norfolk island pine — a coniferous evergreen tree, Araucaria heterophylla (or A. excelsa), having whorled branches and needlelike foliage, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- novell data systems — (company) A small computer hardware company building CP/M Z80-based systems. They later went on to become Novell, Inc. and develop Novell Netware.
- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- object-oriented sql — (language) (OSQL) A functional language, a superset of SQL, used in Hewlett-Packard's OpenODB database system.
- old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
- old man and the sea — a novel (1952) by Ernest Hemingway.
- olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
- on pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.