11-letter words containing d, r, e, a, l
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- link loader — linker
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- 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.
- literalized — Simple past tense and past participle of literalize.
- literatured — (of a person) well educated and learned, esp in literature
- lizard head — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
- load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- 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).
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
- 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.
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- madder lake — a strong purple-red color.
- mail bridge — (messaging) A mail gateway that forwards electronic mail messages between two or more networks if they meet certain administrative criteria.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- male thread — a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc, formed by a die or lathe tool
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- mantelboard — mantel.
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- meadowlarks — Plural form of meadowlark.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- medley race — a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance
- melanoderma — (pathology) An unusual darkening of the skin.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.
- mineralized — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralize.
- mixed layer — the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- molendinary — a mill
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- morcellated — Simple past tense and past participle of morcellate.
- mortadellas — Plural form of mortadella.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.