11-letter words containing l, o, a, t
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- librational — Of or pertaining to libration.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light opera — operetta.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lionisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of lionization.
- lionization — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- 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.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- 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-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.
- lixiviation — to treat with a solvent; leach.
- load factor — the amount or weight of cargo, number of passengers, etc., that an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel can carry.
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- loco citato — loc. cit.
- locust bean — carob.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logan stone — rocking stone.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- long-acting — sustained-release.
- long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
- loose metal — shingle on a road
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- lotus sutra — a central scripture of Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizing that anyone can attain enlightenment
- 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.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.