11-letter words containing l, e, t, r, b
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- inalterable — unalterable.
- inalterably — In an inalterable way.
- inavertible — Not avertible.
- inelaborate — Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- intertribal — occurring between tribes: intertribal warfare.
- interverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- intolerable — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intolerably — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- inutterable — unutterable.
- invertebral — invertebrate
- irrefutable — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- jerry-built — built cheaply and flimsily.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leather bar — a gay bar frequented by men who wear leather
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- letter bomb — an envelope containing an explosive device designed to detonate when the envelope is opened by the recipient.
- letterboxed — Simple past tense and past participle of letterbox.
- letterboxes — Plural form of letterbox.
- liberalists — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberticide — destruction of liberty.
- libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- librettists — Plural form of librettist.
- lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
- light bread — white bread.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- little bear — the constellation Ursa Minor.
- little bird — If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was.
- lobster net — a net used for catching lobsters
- lobster pot — a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.