11-letter words containing a, s, l, o
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- locust bean — carob.
- logan stone — rocking stone.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
- loose metal — shingle on a road
- loose-weave — loosely woven
- los angeles — Victoria [vik-tawr-ee-uh,, -tohr-;; Spanish beek-taw-ryah] /vɪkˈtɔr i ə,, -ˈtoʊr-;; Spanish bikˈtɔ ryɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2005, Spanish operatic soprano.
- 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).
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- louisianian — of Louisiana
- lovableness — The property that makes someone or something lovable.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower lakes — Lakes Erie and Ontario
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- maglemosean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- mallow rose — a rose mallow of the genus Hibiscus.