11-letter words containing a, l, i, m, e
- lamellation — an arrangement or structure in which there are thin layers, plates, or scales.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- lamelliform — shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- 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.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- last minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
- last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
- latent time — the time from the onset of a stimulus to that of the response
- leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
- legatissimo — to be performed as smoothly and connectedly as possible
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- legitimated — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimate.
- legitimates — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimator — a person who makes something legitimate
- leiomyomata — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leishmanial — Relating to leishmania.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- littermates — Plural form of littermate.
- little game — deceitful plan, scheme
- little slam — the winning of twelve of the thirteen tricks of a deal. Also called small slam. Compare grand slam (def 1).
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magdalenian — of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.