11-letter words containing d, o, a, n
- iridization — iridescence
- iron maiden — a medieval instrument of torture fashioned as a box in the shape of a woman, large enough to hold a human being, and studded with sharp spikes on the inside.
- ironhearted — hardhearted or callous
- irradiation — the act of irradiating.
- isoantibody — (formerly) an alloantibody.
- isocyanides — Plural form of isocyanide.
- isogradient — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same horizontal gradient of a meteorological quantity, as temperature, pressure, or the like.
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- jacobinized — Simple past tense and past participle of jacobinize.
- jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
- jerk around — If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something.
- john dalton — John, 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist.
- joined case — a trial combining multiple related claims, etc
- journalized — Simple past tense and past participle of journalize.
- juramentado — (formerly) a Muslim, especially a Moro, bound by an oath to be killed fighting against Christians and other infidels.
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- l-radiation — one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- la-gioconda — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- labiodental — articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth, as f or v, or, rarely, with the upper lip touching the lower front teeth.
- labradorean — of or relating to Labrador.
- lanceolated — Alternative form of lanceolate.
- land of nod — the mythical land of sleep.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- leading dog — a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- lenat, doug — Doug Lenat
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- link loader — linker
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
- loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded