11-letter words containing d, e, a, r, i
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laggen-gird — the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- 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.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- landsteiner — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.
- 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.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- liard-river — a river in W Canada, flowing from S Yukon through N British Columbia and the Northwest Territories into the Mackenzie River. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- liberalized — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalize.
- liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
- liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- light bread — white bread.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- link loader — linker
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- literalized — Simple past tense and past participle of literalize.
- literatured — (of a person) well educated and learned, esp in literature
- lizard head — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- maiden over — Cricket. an over in which no runs are made.
- maidservant — a female servant.
- mail bridge — (messaging) A mail gateway that forwards electronic mail messages between two or more networks if they meet certain administrative criteria.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- main-de-fer — manifer.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.