11-letter words containing l, a, m, n
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- jack salmon — walleye (def 1).
- james bland — James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- judgemental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
- keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamellation — an arrangement or structure in which there are thin layers, plates, or scales.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminations — Plural form of lamination.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- lan manager — (operating system) Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- last minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
- last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
- latent time — the time from the onset of a stimulus to that of the response
- latifundium — a great estate.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- leishmanial — Relating to leishmania.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture