12-letter words starting with lo
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- loose-footed — (of a fore-and-aft sail) not having the foot bent to a boom.
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- loose-lipped — tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- loosestrifes — Plural form of loosestrife.
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- lophophorate — Of or relating to small aquatic invertebrates belonging to a group of phyla characterized by the possession of lophophores. They include bryozoans, brachiopods, and phoronids.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- lord haw-haw — James (Augustine Aloysius) 1882–1941, Irish novelist.
- lord provost — the chief magistrate of any of certain large cities in Scotland.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- loretteville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- los alamitos — a town in S California.
- los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
- lose no time — act without delay
- lose oneself — to lose one's way; go astray; become bewildered
- loss on sale — A loss on sale is the amount of money that is lost by a company when selling a non-inventory asset for more than its value.
- loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- louis quinze — noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- loutrophoros — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- love handles — fat midriff
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lovelessness — without any love: a loveless marriage.
- lover's knot — love knot.
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- low-pressure — having or involving a low or below-normal pressure, as steam or water.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lower merion — a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lower school — a school that is preparatory to one on a more advanced level.
- lower-income — earning less than average
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time