11-letter words containing f, l, a, n
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lactoflavin — riboflavin.
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land freeze — a legal restraint on the sale or transfer of land.
- 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.
- lantern fly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- latifundium — a great estate.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- 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.
- left-handed — having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
- left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- loan office — an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- mint family — the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- mutual fund — an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- nannofossil — any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
- nanofossils — Plural form of nanofossil.
- nasofrontal — of or relating to the nasal and frontal bones
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- needlecraft — needlework.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- new-fangled — If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment as new-fangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- nonaffluent — not affluent or rich
- nonfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.