13-letter words starting with lo
- loop-the-loop — an airplane maneuver in which a plane, starting upward, makes one complete vertical loop.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- loosey-goosey — relaxed; calm; unperturbed: Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- lord of hosts — Jehovah; God.
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
- lorentz force — the force on a charged particle moving through a region containing both electric and magnetic fields.
- lose sight of — no longer see
- lose the plot — go insane
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- loss function — (in decision theory) a function that expresses the loss incurred when a decision is made in terms of various factors.
- lost property — lost and found.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- love for love — a comedy (1695) by William Congreve.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- low explosive — a relatively slow-burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- lower burrell — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.