11-letter words containing c, a, n, l, r
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- 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.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- margin call — a demand from a brokerage house to a customer that more money or securities be deposited in his or her margin account when the amount in it falls below that stipulated as necessary to cover the stock purchased.
- matriculant — a person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
- miracle-man — a man who is capable of miraculous feats
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- moronically — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- name-caller — a person who constantly resorts to name-calling.
- nanocrystal — A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
- narcodollar — Usually, narcodollars. money obtained through illegal drug trafficking.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- natal chart — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- needlecraft — needlework.
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nomenclator — a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.