11-letter words containing m, r, n
- kana-majiri — the standard script of modern Japanese, in which kanji are used for root elements, supplemented by kana for inflections and particles and sometimes for indication of the Japanese pronunciation of kanji.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
- king's mark — one of the marks composing a hallmark, consisting of the head of a leopard, formerly a crowned head.
- knock rummy — a variety of rummy for two to six players, in which a player can end a game by laying down a hand with any number of points in cards not included in sets.
- kumaratunga — Chandrika (ˈtʃʊnˌdrɪkə) Bandaranaike. born 1945, Sri Lankan politician: prime minister (1994); president (1994–2005)
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- 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.
- lan manager — (operating system) Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- 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.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- limber pine — a pine, Pinus flexilis, of western North America, having light, soft wood used locally for railroad ties, poles, fuel, etc.
- lime burner — a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone, shells, etc.
- 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.
- lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- lone mother — a mother with no husband or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- long primer — a 12-point type.
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lumpenprole — a member of the lumpenproletariat.
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- m-radiation — one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.