13-letter words containing r, e, n, o, l
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxuriousness — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marginal note — aside
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- memorableness — Memorability.
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- millionairess — a woman who is a millionaire.
- milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- minor element — Geology. any chemical element found in small quantities in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare major element.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.