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11-letter words containing l, o, n, r

  • 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.
  • linesperson — (sports) A linesman or lineswoman.
  • lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
  • link editor — linker
  • link loader — 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.
  • lipotropins — Plural form of lipotropin.
  • living room — a room in a home used, especially by a family, for leisure activities, entertaining guests, etc.; parlor.
  • loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
  • lobster net — a net used for catching lobsters
  • locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
  • loden-green — a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
  • log-rolling — If you accuse politicians of log-rolling, you mean that they make private agreements with each other, so that, for example, they give each other help or vote for each other's bills.
  • lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
  • 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
  • loll around — If you loll around or loll about, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way.
  • londonderry — a county in N Northern Ireland. 804 sq. mi. (2082 sq. km).
  • 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
  • lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
  • long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
  • long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
  • long primer — a 12-point type.
  • long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
  • longsleever — about 3/4 pint (0.35 liter) of beer.
  • look around — examine surrounding area
  • lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
  • loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
  • lose ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
  • low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
  • low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
  • lower bound — an element less than or equal to all the elements in a given set: The numbers 0 and 1 are lower bounds of the set consisting of 1, 2, and 3.
  • lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
  • lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
  • lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
  • luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
  • lumpenprole — a member of the lumpenproletariat.
  • lunar month — month (def 5).
  • lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
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