11-letter words containing a, c, l, o, s
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- law society — association of lawyers
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- locust bean — carob.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- mosaic gold — Chemistry. stannic sulfide.
- most-caller — (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
- mostaccioli — penne
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- musical box — music box.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.