14-letter words containing e
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laissez passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- laissez-passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
- lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
- lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
- lambeth palace — the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth.
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
- lance corporal — U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
- lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
- lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
- lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
- larmor theorem — the theorem that an electron subjected only to the force exerted by the nucleus about which it is moving will undergo Larmor precession but no other change in motion when placed in a magnetic field.
- larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.