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12-letter words containing u, l, m

  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • lecture room — conference hall
  • leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
  • leisure time — free time
  • lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
  • lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
  • leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
  • leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
  • leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
  • liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
  • lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
  • limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
  • liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
  • lithium lick — NeXT employees who have had too much attention from their esteemed founder, Steve Jobs, are said to have "lithium lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation, e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
  • lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
  • locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
  • lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
  • lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
  • lumber river — a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 miles (201 km) long.
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
  • lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
  • luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
  • luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
  • luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
  • luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
  • lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
  • 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.
  • luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
  • macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
  • macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macula lutea — macula (def 2b).
  • magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
  • mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
  • major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
  • major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
  • majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
  • maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
  • malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
  • 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.
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