12-letter words containing r, o, d
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- 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.
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- 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.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- microprinted — printed in microprint