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11-letter words containing e, a, g, r

  • laggen-gird — the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.
  • lammergeier — the largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
  • lammergeyer — Alternative form of lammergeier.
  • lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
  • lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
  • lan manager — (operating system)   Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
  • land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
  • landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
  • landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
  • large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • large-scale — very extensive or encompassing; of great scope: a large-scale business plan.
  • laser light — light which is generated by a laser
  • laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
  • late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
  • laterigrade — having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
  • lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
  • lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
  • leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
  • ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.
  • leg warmers — a set of coverings for the legs, worn for warmth or, as by dancers rehearsing, to prevent leg cramps
  • legationary — Relating to a legation.
  • 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.
  • legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
  • legionnaire — (often initial capital letter) a member of the American Legion.
  • legislators — Plural form of legislator.
  • legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
  • legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
  • legitimator — a person who makes something legitimate
  • lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
  • length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
  • lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
  • lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
  • lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
  • lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
  • ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
  • libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
  • light bread — white bread.
  • light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
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