11-letter words containing l, a, m, o, u, r
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- mill around — walk about
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- multiauthor — having numerous or many authors
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).