11-letter words containing a, m, p, l
- implicative — tending to implicate or imply; characterized by or involving implication.
- implicatory — implicative.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- imploration — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- imploratory — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- impolitical — Obsolete form of impolitic.
- importantly — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- impractical — not practical or useful.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- incompliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- lawyer palm — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
- lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms