11-letter words containing e, t, i, o, l
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipopeptide — (biochemistry) An organic compound of lipids and peptides.
- lipoprotein — any of the class of proteins that contain a lipid combined with a simple protein.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listeriosis — a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of humans, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- litter lout — a person who tends to drop refuse in public places
- little john — a large, powerful yeoman who was a member of Robin Hood's band.
- little lion — the constellation Leo Minor.
- little rock — state in S central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- lobectomies — Plural form of lobectomy.
- lobotomised — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomized — Surgery. having undergone a lobotomy.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- locomotives — Plural form of locomotive.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner
- long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- lost tribes — the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. II Kings 17:1–23.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- love potion — a magical potion believed to arouse love or sexual passion toward a specified person, especially the person offering it.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- magnetotail — the narrow and elongated region of the magnetosphere of the earth or of another planet that extends in the direction away from the sun.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.