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11-letter words containing a, g, e

  • knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
  • knotgrasses — Plural form of knotgrass.
  • kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
  • la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • laggardness — The quality or state of being a laggard.
  • laggen-gird — the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.
  • lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
  • lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
  • lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
  • lallygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lallygag.
  • lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
  • lammergeier — the largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
  • lammergeyer — Alternative form of lammergeier.
  • lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
  • lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
  • lan manager — (operating system)   Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
  • land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
  • landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
  • landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
  • landing net — a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.
  • langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
  • langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
  • langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
  • languescent — becoming languid
  • languidness — The property of being languid.
  • lapel badge — pin or button worn on the collar
  • large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • large-scale — very extensive or encompassing; of great scope: a large-scale business plan.
  • laser light — light which is generated by a laser
  • laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
  • last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
  • lastingness — The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
  • late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
  • late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
  • laterigrade — having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
  • laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
  • lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
  • lead piping — pipes made of lead
  • lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
  • lead weight — a weight made of lead
  • leading dog — a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
  • leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
  • leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • league city — a town in S Texas.
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