11-letter words containing l, a, m, n
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- prattlement — chatter, prattling
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- ragman roll — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
- random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
- real number — a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number.
- realignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reallotment — the act or process of reallotting something
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- releasement — the act of releasing from confinement or responsibility
- removal man — Removal men are men whose job is to move furniture or equipment from one building to another.
- removal van — a large vehicle used to transport furniture or equipment from one building to another
- remunerable — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- renormalize — to normalize again, to cause to conform to norms or a normal state again
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- roman blind — a window blind consisting of a length of material which, when drawn up, gathers into horizontal folds from the bottom
- roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmon farm — an enclosed area of water devoted to the rearing of salmon for food
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- san anselmo — a city in W California.