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11-letter words containing l, a, p, o, r

  • incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
  • inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • isopropanol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • labor pains — childbirth: contractions
  • labor party — one of the chief political parties of Australia, generally supporting the interests of organized labour
  • labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
  • ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
  • lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
  • lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
  • lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
  • 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.
  • laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
  • laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
  • lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
  • larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
  • laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
  • leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
  • leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
  • leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
  • leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
  • lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
  • leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
  • leptocercal — having a long thin tail
  • leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
  • levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
  • lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
  • logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
  • logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • loop aerial — an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it
  • lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
  • lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
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