11-letter words containing a, r, o, l
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- l-radiation — one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la louviere — a city in S Belgium, S of Brussels.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- labor force — work force.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- labor party — one of the chief political parties of Australia, generally supporting the interests of organized labour
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
- labradoodle — a type of dog that is a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle
- labradorean — of or relating to Labrador.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lacrimators — Plural form of lacrimator.
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lactometers — Plural form of lactometer.
- ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- lady's room — ladies' room
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- 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.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- 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.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.