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11-letter words containing l, p, a

  • light opera — operetta.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
  • linear type — 1.   (theory, programming)   An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
  • linen panel — a panel carved with a linenfold.
  • linen paper — paper, usually superior in quality, made from pure linen or from substitutes that produce a similar paper finish.
  • linguaphile — a language and word lover.
  • lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
  • lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
  • liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
  • 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
  • local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
  • local stamp — stamp (def 22).
  • logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
  • logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • loop aerial — an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it
  • lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
  • lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
  • lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
  • lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
  • lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
  • lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
  • lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
  • macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
  • magic spell — incantation or curse
  • magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
  • mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
  • maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
  • mal du pays — homesickness.
  • malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
  • maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
  • malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
  • malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
  • malebo pool — a lakelike body of water on the boundary between the W Democratic Republic of the Congo and the SE People's Republic of the Congo, formed by the widening of the Congo (Zaire) River about 330 miles (530 km) from its mouth. About 20 miles (32 km) long; about 15 miles (24 km) wide.
  • malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
  • malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
  • mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
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