11-letter words containing a, n, u, c, l
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- languescent — becoming languid
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lenticulate — to impress lenticules on the surface of (film).
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- locust bean — carob.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- masculinist — Characterized by or denoting attitudes or values held to be typical of men.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- matriculant — a person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- municipally — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.