11-letter words containing d, i, a, l
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- 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.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
- landsteiner — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
- lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- 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.
- latifundium — a great estate.
- latitudinal — of or relating to latitude.
- laudability — Laudableness.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- lauric acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 24 O 2 , a fatty acid occurring as the glyceride in many vegetable fats, especially coconut oil and laurel oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, detergents, cosmetics, and lauryl alcohol.
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- 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.
- 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.
- leased line — (communications, networking) A private telephone circuit permanently connecting two points, normally provided on a lease by a local PTT.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- 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.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- lexicalized — Simple past tense and past participle of lexicalize.
- 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.