12-letter words containing r, o, t, a, l
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- 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.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- loop reactor — A loop reactor is a reactor in which the material is pumped round one or more vessels or stages in a continuous process.
- lophophorate — Of or relating to small aquatic invertebrates belonging to a group of phyla characterized by the possession of lophophores. They include bryozoans, brachiopods, and phoronids.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- 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.
- malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malnormality — (mathematics, group theory) The property of a subgroup H of a group G where, for any x in G but not in H, H and Hx intersect in the identity element.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- 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).
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanotropin — MSH.