11-letter words containing l, e, m
- lemon juice — citrus juice from lemons
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- letter bomb — an envelope containing an explosive device designed to detonate when the envelope is opened by the recipient.
- letterforms — Plural form of letterform.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- leukotomies — Plural form of leukotomy.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- life member — If you are a life member of a club or organization, you have paid or been chosen to be a member for the rest of your life.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- like-minded — having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- limber pine — a pine, Pinus flexilis, of western North America, having light, soft wood used locally for railroad ties, poles, fuel, etc.
- lime burner — a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone, shells, etc.
- lime sulfur — a mixture of lime and sulfur that has been boiled in water: used in powdered form or in aqueous solution as an insecticide, a fungicide, and a sheep dip.
- lime-juicer — a British sailor.
- limit order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at a specific price.
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- limitedness — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- limitlessly — In an limitless way.
- lissomeness — The quality of being lissome.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- litmus test — Chemistry. the use of litmus paper or solution to test the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
- littermates — Plural form of littermate.
- little game — deceitful plan, scheme
- little slam — the winning of twelve of the thirteen tricks of a deal. Also called small slam. Compare grand slam (def 1).
- livermorium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Lv; atomic number: 116.
- load module — a program or combination of programs in a form ready to be loaded into main storage and executed: generally the output from a linkage editor.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobectomies — Plural form of lobectomy.
- lobotomised — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomized — Surgery. having undergone a lobotomy.
- locker room — A locker room is a room in which there are a lot of lockers.
- locker-room — of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor.