11-letter words containing d, l, s
- lesser kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus imberbis, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- 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.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- lobotomised — to perform a lobotomy on.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- londonesque — resembling or characteristic of London, England.
- 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
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loose order — a formation in which soldiers, units, etc, are widely separated from each other
- lose ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- loss leader — a popular article that is sold at a very low price or at a loss for the purpose of attracting customers to a retail store. Compare leader (def 4).
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- 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.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- 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.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.