11-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- lateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralise.
- 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.
- 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.
- legitimised — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimise.
- lend itself — to possess the right characteristics or qualities for
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- limitedness — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list. A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
- linseed oil — a drying oil obtained by pressing flaxseed, used in making paints, printing inks, linoleum, etc.
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
- liquidizers — Plural form of liquidizer.
- lis pendens — a pending suit listed on the court docket.
- lithodomous — living in rock or stone
- livelihoods — Plural form of livelihood.
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- lobotomised — to perform a lobotomy on.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- 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
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- loxodromics — the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- lund simula — (language) A version of SIMULA from Lund Software House. Version 4.07. (FTP: rascal.ics.utexas.edu/misc/mac/programming/ no longer exists).
- lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.