13-letter words containing t, o, n, l, e, s
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- linearisation — Alternative spelling of linearization.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- lithesomeness — the quality of being flexible and supple
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- little casino — the two of spades.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- loathsomeness — The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
- logging stone — rocking stone.
- lonely hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- 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
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- modus tollens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and the negation of its consequent are given to be true, the negation of its antecedent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and this isn't Belgium so it's not Tuesday
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- monometallism — the use of one metal only, as gold or silver, as a monetary standard.
- monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
- monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.