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11-letter words containing g, e, n, a, l

  • langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
  • langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
  • langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
  • languescent — becoming languid
  • languidness — The property of being languid.
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • lastingness — The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
  • laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
  • lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
  • lead piping — pipes made of lead
  • lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
  • leading dog — a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
  • leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • legislating — Present participle of legislate.
  • legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
  • lenat, doug — Doug Lenat
  • length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
  • lethal gene — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
  • life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
  • lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
  • ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
  • ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
  • linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
  • linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
  • linguaphile — a language and word lover.
  • 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.
  • living dead — people who are very dull and boring
  • living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
  • logan stone — rocking stone.
  • logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
  • long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
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