11-letter words containing l, e, t, r, s, o
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- 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.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- lost tribes — the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. II Kings 17:1–23.
- 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.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- mortadellas — Plural form of mortadella.
- mortalities — Plural form of mortalitie.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- most-caller — (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
- most-livery — liverish.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- motorcycles — Plural form of motorcycle.
- motorsailer — A boat equipped with both sails and an engine.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- multistorey — Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
- muster roll — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nitromersol — a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
- non-sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- nonlistener — One who does not listen.
- normalities — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.