11-letter words containing m, l, a
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- 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.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- lily family — the large plant family Liliaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants growing from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers, having narrow, parallel-veined, usually basal leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the aloe, asparagus, aspidistra, hyacinth, numerous species of lily, lily of the valley, trillium, and tulip.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- limited war — a war conducted with less than a nation's total resources and restricted in aim to less than total defeat of the enemy.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- liquidambar — any tree of the genus Liquidambar, including the sweet gum.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- littermates — Plural form of littermate.
- little game — deceitful plan, scheme
- little slam — the winning of twelve of the thirteen tricks of a deal. Also called small slam. Compare grand slam (def 1).
- load module — a program or combination of programs in a form ready to be loaded into main storage and executed: generally the output from a linkage editor.
- loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- loose metal — shingle on a road
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade