11-letter words containing l, a, m, o, u
- omnilingual — Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- 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).
- photo album — bound book for photos
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- play possum — opossum.
- plum tomato — an egg-shaped or oblong variety of tomato.
- 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.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- 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.).
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- small hours — pre-dawn
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- tollund man — the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
- tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
- tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
- ultramodern — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrasmooth — extremely smooth