11-letter words containing d, g, l
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- leading dog — a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
- leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.
- ledger line — Also, leger line. Also called added line. Music. a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
- legacy code — legacy system
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- 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.
- legitimated — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimate.
- legitimised — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimise.
- legitimized — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimize.
- lenat, doug — Doug Lenat
- lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
- leydig cell — any of the interstitial cells of the testes that produce androgens.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
- light bread — white bread.
- light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- lightheaded — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
- 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.
- liquid gold — a suspension of finely divided gold in a vegetable oil, used chiefly for gilding ceramic ware.
- liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
- liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
- living dead — people who are very dull and boring
- load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
- loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- loden-green — a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- log of wood — log1 (def 10).
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logic model — A logic model is a method of calculating how likely it is that something unwanted will happen.
- logodaedaly — the cunning or skilful use of words
- lollygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lollygag.
- long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
- long-legged — having long legs
- long-limbed — having long limbs
- long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail