11-letter words containing a, n, u, r
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kumaratunga — Chandrika (ˈtʃʊnˌdrɪkə) Bandaranaike. born 1945, Sri Lankan politician: prime minister (1994); president (1994–2005)
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- launderable — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- launderette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
- laundry van — a van driven by a laundry worker and which is used in the collection and delivery of laundry
- laurustinus — a southern European evergreen shrub, Viburnum tinus, of the honeysuckle family, having large clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- 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.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- line-hauler — a heavy-duty truck suitable for line-haul transportation.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- loll around — If you loll around or loll about, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way.
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- look around — examine surrounding area
- 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).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- lunar rover — a wire-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle used by Apollo astronauts to explore the moon's surface.
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- luoravetlan — Chukotian.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- luxuriantly — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- luxuriating — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxuriation — The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- macromutant — undergoing macromutation.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.