13-letter words containing r, o, t, c, e, l
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- london rocket — the plant Sisymbrium irio
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- lorentz force — the force on a charged particle moving through a region containing both electric and magnetic fields.
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- 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
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- 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.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- micrometrical — Micrometric; relating to micrometry or a micrometer.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- motor vehicle — an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- mycobacterial — (medicine) Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.