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11-letter words containing a, r, o, l

  • levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
  • librational — Of or pertaining to libration.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • link loader — linker
  • lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
  • liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
  • lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • load factor — the amount or weight of cargo, number of passengers, etc., that an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel can carry.
  • load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
  • loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
  • lobsterback — redcoat.
  • local color — distinctive, sometimes picturesque characteristics or peculiarities of a place or period as represented in literature or drama, or as observed in reality.
  • local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
  • local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
  • local radio — radio services for a particular area, as opposed to radio aimed at a national audience
  • lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
  • lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
  • locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
  • logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
  • logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
  • loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
  • logic array — an arrangement of circuitry on a mass-produced microchip permitting the chip to be easily customized for a specific application.
  • lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
  • logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • loll around — If you loll around or loll about, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way.
  • lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
  • lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
  • lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
  • long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
  • long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • look around — examine surrounding area
  • loop aerial — an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it
  • lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
  • lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
  • loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
  • loss leader — a popular article that is sold at a very low price or at a loss for the purpose of attracting customers to a retail store. Compare leader (def 4).
  • lotus sutra — a central scripture of Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizing that anyone can attain enlightenment
  • lotus-eater — Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
  • loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
  • loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
  • low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
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