11-letter words containing d, a, l, e
- labradorean — of or relating to Labrador.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
- laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
- ladies' day — a special day set aside, either occasionally or regularly, on which women are encouraged to attend or participate in a certain activity at a reduced fee or at no cost: Friday was Ladies' Day at the ball park.
- ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lady friend — female companion
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laggardness — The quality or state of being a laggard.
- laggen-gird — the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.
- lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
- lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- lallygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lallygag.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lanceolated — Alternative form of lanceolate.
- land breeze — a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- land freeze — a legal restraint on the sale or transfer of land.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- land patent — an official document by which title to a portion of public land is conveyed from the government.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landing net — a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- landsteiner — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- lapel badge — pin or button worn on the collar
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- lateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralise.
- lateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralize.
- laterigrade — having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
- launderable — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- launderette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.