12-Letter Words Containing L

US dockers

Longshoring

LONGSOME tediously long

Loosestrife

Lack of symmetry

Asymmetry

In a loquacious manner.

Lordliness

They get the message out powerfully - these can affect one hearing things!

Lovability

LOVELESS without love

Loveliness

LOVELORN not loved

Crush sensation

Lovingness

Abstract noun (-ness)

Lubrication

Lubricious

Not usual crib (anagram) - learned works

Late night studies

Court dismissing last two tribunals after review and lots of study

LUFTMENSCH

Lugubrious

Tepidity

Emission of light at cool temperatures

Jock's chimney basically said to produce light

Producing or being a medium of light

Producing light

Luminosity

The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.

Lumpectomy

US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)

Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent

LUSCIOUS having a delicious taste

LUSTROUS reflecting light evenly and efficiently

Adjective (-ic)

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) other names for prolactin

Luteotropin

Lymphoblast

""A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.""

LYMPHOMA a type of {tumour=n}

LYOPHILISE same as lyophilize.lyophilize.

Lyophilizer

""LYOPHILIZE to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.""

LYSOGENIC

LYSOGENISE

LYSOGENIZE

English word

Having machicolations.

Macrofossil

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

Nice girl (wordplay)

Unmarried French woman

French girl; governess

Madrigalist

How attraction may happen in delightful way, securing catch

Capable of magnetized.

Magnifical

Man, long quiet, getting drunk and boastful

Lofty quote naming suspect, criminal finally caught

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Can be justified

In a stately and sublime manner

Malacology

One versed in the science of malacology.

Adjective (-ive)

MALAPERT an impudent person

Mozart was a child progeny, etc.

'Select words so ingeniously misapplied'

"Mozart was a child progeny," etc.

Malapropist

Malcontent.

Malediction

Malefaction

Maleficence

Malevolence

In a malevolent manner.

Malfeasance

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Stops working for most stag parties

Malignancy

The quality or state of being malleable; opposed to friability and brittleness. friability and brittleness.

Provided with inadequate sustenance

With oil run out, abandoned after parent became short of food

Starved

Run into Tamil building for lack of food

Lack of adequate nourishment

Severe lack of proper food

Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.

Malodorous

Malposition

Malpractice

Bullying, say

Lament matter concerning bullying

Cruel behaviour

""Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.""

Mammalogist

""MANAGEMENT The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.""

Managerial

Mandolinist

MANEUVER to perform a stratagem skilfully

Manfulness

Multiplicity.

""MANIPULATE To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.""

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Inclined to control others

Machiavellian as a physiotherapist (wordplay)

Unscrupulously controlling

Manipulator

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

Manorialism

Ho ho ho, maybe

Crime of unpremeditated killing

Bloke's mirth is killing

Mantelpiece

Maquiladora

MARGINALIZE

Marginalize

Mariculture

Marketplace

""Nautical A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope or wire in splicing.""

Marlinspike

Suitable to become a union member

Nubile (literally)

Marshalship

Spongy, gelatin-filled sweets

Toast one of these

Spongy sweets

Soft and yielding

MASCULINISE

Masculinise

MASCULINIZE

Masculinize

The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.

Potentially it is 'made real'

Materialise

Materialism

These people at it miss real issue

""MATERIALIZE To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.""

""MATERIALIZE To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.""

Materialize

The state of being material.

Male at match, I get confused by numbers

(Of proof) very accurate

Like magic squares

Matriculant

Enrolled.

Registers as a student

""MATURATION The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.""

Hesitant to state facts (2 words)

Smooth tongued - too squeamish

Afraid to speak frankly

Meaningful

(Medicine / Pharmacology) a ganglion-blocking drug administered orally to lower high blood pressure. Formula: C 11 H 21 N [from me ( thyl ) + cam ( phane ) (a former name of bornane) + -yl + amine ]

(Done) without thought or spontaneity

MECHANIZE To cause to be mechanical.

Medievalism

Medievalist

Meditative

Megaloblast

Act of controlling by force

Person with delusions of power

One thinking he is great

Megalomania

""A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.""

Melancholia

Melancholic

Melancholy

""MELANIZE to make dark, also MELANISE""

Melanoblast

Melanophore

Melioration

Mellowness

Emotionally overblown (in theatre)

Exaggerated - over-emotional

Exaggerated, over-emotional

Membranous

The quality or state of being memorable.

MEMORIALISE Same as memorialize.

Memorialise

A strict version of six (wordplay)

""MEMORIALIZE To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. as, to memorialize the legislature.""

Memorialize

In a lying manner

Mendelevium

""MERCANTILE Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.""

""MERCANTILE Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.""

Two kinds of seaman like hot cakes (wordplay)

MERCIFUL full of mercy

In the direction of the meridian.

MERISTIC made up of segments

Mesalliance

English word

Mesmerical

Mesocyclone

MESOPHYLL

""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

METABOLIZE To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism. Metabolism.

Adjective (-ic)

Metagalaxy

Any language that can be used to describe another language or system of symbols.

Iron Lady confused new pound for old penny according to their content

""An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings.""

Metallurgy

Studier of certain elements or alloys

Expert in smelting, refining, etc.

Shockingly ill-treat smug scientist

METALWORKER metalwork

Metalwork

Like a figure of speech

Symbolic of something else

Figurative

A cheat simply becomes abstruse

Very abstract.

Of or pertaining to metathesis.

""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

METEORIC resembling a {meteor=n}

METEORITIC

Of the study of weather

METHACRYLATE

""A potentially habit-forming drug, C 16 H 14 N 2 O, formerly used as a sedative and hypnotic.""

Methicillin

Methodical

""A white crystalline compound, Cl 3 CCH(C 6 H 4 OCH 3 ) 2 , used as an insecticide.""

Methylamine

Methylation

Strict attention to minute details; the quality of being meticulous.

Meticulous

Of or pertaining to metrology.

Metrologist

METRONOMIC

Areas in insets

Primatial line (wordplay)

Relating to a city

'50s U.K.-built Nash & Hudson model

Pl. microanalyses (-s z ) The chemical identification and analysis of extremely small quantities of matter.

""A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.""