11-letter words containing i, t, s, l, o
- 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.
- lithodomous — living in rock or stone
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithologist — One who studies lithology.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- lithotomous — of or relating to the surgical removal of a stone from the bladder
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- 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.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- locomotions — Plural form of locomotion.
- locomotives — Plural form of locomotive.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- 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 motion — motion of a machine or mechanism, especially a reciprocating one, during which no useful work is performed.
- 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.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- 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
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- lyosorption — the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp of a solvent on suspended particles
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.