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13-letter words containing our

  • labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
  • labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
  • labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
  • libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
  • libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
  • 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
  • luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
  • megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
  • misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
  • missouri city — a city in SE Texas.
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • mourning dove — variety of pigeon
  • multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
  • noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
  • not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
  • on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
  • on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
  • on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • out of humour — in a bad mood
  • overenamoured — excessively fond
  • overencourage — to encourage too much
  • overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
  • prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
  • probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
  • provost court — a military court convened in occupied territory under military government, usually composed of one officer and empowered to try military personnel and civilians for minor offenses.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • queue fourche — (of a lion) having a single tail divided in two partway along its length so as to have two complete ends.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • resource fork — Macintosh file system
  • roll-your-own — a cigarette that one has rolled oneself.
  • rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
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