11-letter words containing c, h, o, l, a
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- ichthyoidal — Like a fish; ichthyoid.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- laccolithic — Relating to laccoliths.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- 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.
- 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.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- 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
- low-alcohol — (of beer or wine) containing only a small amount of alcohol
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.