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

  • 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 guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • 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.
  • light bread — white bread.
  • light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
  • light valve — a light-transmitting device having transmissions that vary in accordance with an electric input, as voltage, current, or an electron beam, used chiefly for recording sound on motion-picture film.
  • 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.
  • light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
  • lightheaded — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
  • 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.
  • little game — deceitful plan, scheme
  • 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.
  • load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
  • logan stone — rocking stone.
  • loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
  • logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
  • logodaedaly — the cunning or skilful use of words
  • logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lollygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lollygag.
  • lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
  • long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
  • longhandles — long underwear.
  • los angeles — Victoria [vik-tawr-ee-uh,, -tohr-;; Spanish beek-taw-ryah] /vɪkˈtɔr i ə,, -ˈtoʊr-;; Spanish bikˈtɔ ryɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2005, Spanish operatic soprano.
  • lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
  • lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
  • luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
  • luggage van — a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc
  • lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
  • maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
  • magdalenian — of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.
  • magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
  • magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • magic spell — incantation or curse
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