11-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o, r
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- latin lover — seductive Latin American man
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- legitimator — a person who makes something legitimate
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lethiferous — lethal.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light opera — operetta.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- limit order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at a specific price.
- line editor — (tool, text) An early kind of text editor suited to use on a teletype. The user enters editing commands which apply to the current line or some given range of lines. These include moving forward and backward through the buffer, inserting and deleting lines, substituting a string for a pattern match, and printing lines. Visual feedback is restricted to explicitly requesting the display of one or more lines, in contrast to a screen editor.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- liner notes — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- link editor — linker
- linzertorte — a sweet pastry, often made with powdered nuts, having a filling of red jam and a lattice crust.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoprotein — any of the class of proteins that contain a lipid combined with a simple protein.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listeriosis — a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of humans, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
- 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).
- litter lout — a person who tends to drop refuse in public places
- little rock — state in S central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner
- 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.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.