12-letter words starting with l
- layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- le gallienne — Eva, 1899–91, U.S. actress and producer, born in England.
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead acetate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.
- lead balloon — a total failure
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- lead dioxide — a brown crystalline compound, PbO 2 , toxic, insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid: used as an oxidizing agent, in lead-acid batteries, and in analytical chemistry.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leader board — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
- leader cable — a submarine cable laid along a channel and emitting signals that a vessel can follow when visibility is poor.
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leading edge — Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading rein — a rein used to lead a horse
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- leaf lettuce — a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.
- 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.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leaf tobacco — tobacco in leaf form
- leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- league table — competitive ranking
- leakage-flux — an act of leaking; leak.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
- least of all — You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.
- least weasel — a weasel, Mustela nivalis, of northern regions, that grows to a length of about 6 inches (15 cm).
- leather star — a starfish, Dermasterias imbricata, of the western coast of North America, having the body covered by a thick, leathery skin.
- leather-hard — (of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lecture hall — conference room