11-letter words containing l, o, s, c
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- law society — association of lawyers
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- levoglucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobectomies — Plural form of lobectomy.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lockkeepers — Plural form of lockkeeper.
- locofocoism — the doctrines of the Locofocos.
- locomotions — Plural form of locomotion.
- locomotives — Plural form of locomotive.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- locust bean — carob.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- loose cover — a fitted but easily removable cloth cover for a chair, sofa, etc
- loose scrum — a play in which a bunch of players gather around an opponent's dropped ball and then attempt to gain possession of the ball.
- lost colony — a settlement of British colonists whom Walter Raleigh sent to Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina) in 1587 and of whom no trace was found after 1591.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- loxodromics — the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.