12-letter words containing o, l, e, r, a
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- 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.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- 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).
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- melon baller — a small cooking utensil with a handle and a rounded scoop, which you insert into a melon and twist to extract a ball of flesh
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- memorializer — One who petitions by a memorial.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- 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.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).