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11-letter words containing n, i, d, l

  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
  • law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
  • lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
  • lead piping — pipes made of lead
  • lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
  • leading dog — a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
  • leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
  • leased line — (communications, networking)   A private telephone circuit permanently connecting two points, normally provided on a lease by a local PTT.
  • led printer — (printer)   (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
  • ledger line — Also, leger line. Also called added line. Music. a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
  • leflunomide — An inhibitor of pyrimidine synthesis, used to treat some forms of arthritis.
  • legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
  • legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
  • legerdemain — sleight of hand.
  • lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon
  • lend itself — to possess the right characteristics or qualities for
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
  • liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
  • lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
  • like-minded — having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.
  • limitedness — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
  • lincolnwood — a city in NE Illinois.
  • lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
  • 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.
  • link editor — linker
  • link loader — linker
  • linked list — (programming)   A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list. A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
  • linseed oil — a drying oil obtained by pressing flaxseed, used in making paints, printing inks, linoleum, etc.
  • lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
  • 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.
  • liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
  • liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
  • liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
  • lis pendens — a pending suit listed on the court docket.
  • lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
  • little hand — the ticking hand on a watch or clock which indicates or points to the hour
  • living dead — people who are very dull and boring
  • loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
  • loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
  • londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
  • long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
  • long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • long-limbed — having long limbs
  • long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
  • long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
  • longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
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