11-letter words containing g, e, r, l
- 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.
- ledger line — Also, leger line. Also called added line. Music. a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
- 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
- legitimizer — One who, or that which, legitimizes.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- lemon grove — a town in SW California, near San Diego.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- let through — to allow to pass (through)
- 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.
- lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- light bread — white bread.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- light opera — operetta.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lingenberry — The lingonberry.
- lingeringly — In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- 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.
- load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
- loden-green — a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.