11-letter words containing a, s, l, o
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
- last resort — desperate recourse
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- latirostral — (of a bird) having a broad beak
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- legatissimo — to be performed as smoothly and connectedly as possible
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lesson plan — outline of teaching session
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- lionisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of lionization.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- liu shao qi — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist statesman; chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–68); deposed during the Cultural Revolution
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).