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