11-letter words containing l, e, n, c
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- lacertilian — belonging or pertaining to the reptilian suborder Lacertilia, comprising the lizards.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lanceolated — Alternative form of lanceolate.
- lancet arch — an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- languescent — becoming languid
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lawyer cane — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lemon juice — citrus juice from lemons
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- lenticulate — to impress lenticules on the surface of (film).
- leoncavallo — Ruggiero [rood-je-raw] /rudˈdʒɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- licence fee — an annual fee paid by television users in the UK
- licentiates — Plural form of licentiate.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- liquescency — The quality or state of being liquescent.
- littlenecks — Plural form of littleneck.
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live center — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- live centre — a conically pointed rod mounted in the headstock of a lathe that locates and turns with the workpiece
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.