11-letter words containing a, l, f
- la fresnaye — Roger de [raw-zhey duh] /rɔˈʒeɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1885–1925, French painter.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- labor force — work force.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactifluous — full or flowing with milk
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lactoflavin — riboflavin.
- ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- lamb of god — Christ.
- lamelliform — shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land freeze — a legal restraint on the sale or transfer of land.
- land of nod — the mythical land of sleep.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- lantern fly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
- laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
- lassa fever — a highly contagious viral disease, largely confined to central West Africa, characterized by fever, difficulty in swallowing, and inflammation of the pharynx, often progressing to infect the lungs, heart, and kidneys, leading to death.
- latifundium — a great estate.
- latticeleaf — laceleaf.
- law faculty — the department or division of a university concerned with teaching law
- lay hold of — to seize or grasp
- lead-footed — awkward; clumsy.
- leaf beetle — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on the leaves of plants, the larvae of which infest the roots, stem, and leaves.
- 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 blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- leaf peeper — a tourist who visits New England in autumn to see the changing colours of the foliage
- leaf roller — any of several insects, especially moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which form a nest by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.
- leaf sheath — the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem
- 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.
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leafleteers — Plural form of leafleteer.
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- leatherleaf — an evergreen shrub, Chamaedaphne calyculata, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and one-sided clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers, occurring in bogs in North America.
- left-handed — having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
- left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture