11-letter words containing c, l, o, t, r, i
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- little rock — state in S central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- 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.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microlithic — pertaining to or characterized by the use of microliths, as a people or culture.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- morrill act — an act of Congress (1862) granting each state 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of land for each member it had in Congress, 90 percent of the gross proceeds of which were to be used for the endowment and maintenance of colleges and universities teaching agricultural and mechanical arts and other subjects.
- motorically — motor (def 11).
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multichrome — chromium.
- multicolour — (chiefly, British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of multicolor.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- myoelectric — of or relating to electrical impulses, generated by muscles of the body, which may be amplified and used especially to control artificial limbs.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- 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.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- noncortical — Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- noncritical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- nonelectric — Not electric; not operated by electricity.
- nonmetrical — (music) Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method.
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- nonvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- ochlocratic — Pertaining to ochlocracy.