12-letter words containing r, e, n, o, l
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- 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.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- line of fire — the straight horizontal line from the muzzle of a weapon in the direction of the axis of the bore, just prior to firing.
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- 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.
- linespersons — Plural form of linesperson.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- linzer torte — a sweet pastry, often made with powdered nuts, having a filling of red jam and a lattice crust.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- 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.
- liriodendron — either of the two deciduous trees of the magnoliaceous genus Liriodendron, the tulip trees of North America or China
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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.
- london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longshoremen — Plural form of longshoreman.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.