11-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r
- livebearers — Plural form of livebearer.
- liver salts — a preparation of mineral salts used to treat indigestion
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- 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).
- lotus-eater — Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
- 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.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower lakes — Lakes Erie and Ontario
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- mallow rose — a rose mallow of the genus Hibiscus.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- manteltrees — Plural form of manteltree.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marcescible — prone to fade or decay
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- mare's-tail — a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- mars yellow — a medium to deep orange-yellow color.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshallers — Plural form of marshaller.
- marshallese — a native or inhabitant of the Marshall Islands, especially a member of a Micronesian people native to these Islands.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.