11-letter words containing l, a, s, d
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- learnedness — The quality of being learned.
- leased line — (communications, networking) A private telephone circuit permanently connecting two points, normally provided on a lease by a local PTT.
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longhandles — long underwear.
- loss leader — a popular article that is sold at a very low price or at a loss for the purpose of attracting customers to a retail store. Compare leader (def 4).
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- 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.
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lund simula — (language) A version of SIMULA from Lund Software House. Version 4.07. (FTP: rascal.ics.utexas.edu/misc/mac/programming/ no longer exists).
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- maltese dog — one of a breed of toy dogs having a long, straight, silky white coat.
- mandlestone — The amygdaloid.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.
- maudlinness — The quality of being maudlin.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- meadowlands — Plural form of meadowland.
- meadowlarks — Plural form of meadowlark.
- mediastinal — a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
- medievalist — an expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.