11-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- juniper oil — an oil obtained from the berries or wood of the common juniper, Juniperus communis.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- kort nozzle — a cylindrical fitting around a propeller, tapered inward toward the stern to increase thrust and maneuverability.
- l-radiation — one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- labradorean — of or relating to Labrador.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- laryngology — the branch of medicine dealing with the larynx.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- latent root — characteristic root (def 2).
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- latin lover — seductive Latin American man
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legionnaire — (often initial capital letter) a member of the American Legion.
- lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- lemon grove — a town in SW California, near San Diego.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- lens holder — a container which holds a thin curved piece of glass or plastic in place
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- 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.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- librational — Of or pertaining to libration.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.