11-letter words containing a, l, e, t, u
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- launderette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- law student — sb who studies legal system
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- lenat, doug — Doug Lenat
- lenticulate — to impress lenticules on the surface of (film).
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lieutenants — Plural form of lieutenant.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- literatured — (of a person) well educated and learned, esp in literature
- literatures — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- litterateur — a literary person, especially a writer of literary works.
- locust bean — carob.
- lotus-eater — Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- luoravetlan — Chukotian.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- luxulianite — a rare variety of granite containing tourmaline embedded in quartz and feldspar
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- mandibulate — having mandibles.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- medullation — the formation of a medullary sheath about a nerve fiber.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- metaculture — All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures.
- metalithium — A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metatextual — Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- misevaluate — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.