11-letter words containing l, h, r
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukorrheal — Relating to leukorrhea.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
- light bread — white bread.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- light opera — operetta.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- line-hauler — a heavy-duty truck suitable for line-haul transportation.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- listen here — You say listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- lithotritor — a medical device used to remove kidney and bladder stones non-evasively
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- lizard head — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lone mother — a mother with no husband or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone