16-letter words that end in t
- learner's permit — A learner's permit is a license that allows you to drive a vehicle before you have passed your driving test.
- leave it at that — to take a matter no further
- legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
- lesser spearwort — a Eurasian ranunculaceous plant, R. flammula, of the genus Ranunculus, which grows in wet places and has long narrow leaves and yellow flowers
- letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
- letter of intent — a letter indicating that the writer has the serious intention of doing something, such as signing a contract in the circumstances specified. It does not constitute either a promise or a contract
- lettre de cachet — a letter under the seal of the sovereign, especially one ordering imprisonment, frequently without trial.
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
- liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
- lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
- lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
- literacy project — a project, plan or scheme to increase literacy in a country, area, etc
- little black ant — a widely distributed ant, Monomorium minimum, sometimes a household pest.
- little brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- logical constant — one of the connectives of a given system of formal logic, esp those of the sentential calculus, not, and, or, and if … then …
- lose one's shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
- mackinaw blanket — a thick woolen blanket, often woven with bars of color, formerly used in the northern and western U.S. by Indians, loggers, etc.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- macroenvironment — (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.
- magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
- maitre de ballet — ballet master.
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
- make a day of it — to cause an activity to last a day
- malapportionment — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- management chart — a chart created by a manager that indicates the time schedule of projects, etc
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marine scientist — a scientist concerned with the sea
- medicine cabinet — cupboard where medication is stored
- merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microcosmic salt — sodium ammonium phosphate.
- microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- money of account — a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin, as the U.S. mill.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- moral rearmament — a worldwide movement initiated by Frank Buchman in 1938 as a successor to the Oxford Group, and maintaining that the practice of high morality in public and private life is the key to world betterment. Abbreviation: MRA.
- mortgage payment — instalment paid on a housebuyer's loan
- mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.