15-letter words starting with l
- literary device — technique used in writing
- literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
- literary theory — the systematic analysis and study of literature using general principles
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- little alliance — an economic and military alliance (1920) between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, which were joined the following year by Romania, formed as a counterbalance to the informal alliance that existed between Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy.
- little bluestem — a North American forage grass, Schizachyrium scoparium, having wide often bluish blades.
- little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
- little corporal — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
- little entrance — the solemn procession in which the book of the Gospels is carried through the nave of the church and into the bema.
- little magazine — a magazine, usually small in format and of limited circulation, that publishes literary works.
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- living expenses — money spent on basic needs
- living quarters — accommodation
- living standard — standard of living.
- lleyn peninsula — a peninsula in NW Wales between Cardigan Bay and Caernarfon Bay
- loaded for bear — any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- loan collection — a number of works of art lent by their owners for a temporary public exhibition
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- local authority — council, local government
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- locus classicus — classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
- locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
- lodgepole creek — a river in SE Wyoming, SW Nebraska, and NE Colorado, flowing E to the South Platte River. 212 miles (341 km) long.
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
- logical address — virtual address
- logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
- lomas de zamora — a city in E Argentina, S of Buenos Aires.
- lombardy poplar — a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel.
- lone star state — Texas (used as a nickname).
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- long sweetening — liquid sweetening, as maple syrup, molasses, or sorghum.
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- long-tailed tit — a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- longshore drift — beach drift.