11-letter words containing n, o, l
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- arab legion — a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- arolla pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra, found esp in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- assoilments — Plural form of assoilment.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- at one blow — by or with only one action; all at one time
- atonalities — Plural form of atonality.
- attentional — of or relating to attention
- attritional — a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
- attuitional — of or relating to attuition
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autoloading — self-loading
- autonomical — autonomous.
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- báinín wool — white woollen thread
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- balletomane — a person enthusiastic about the ballet
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- banjo clock — a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
- battle zone — an area where a battle or battles are being fought
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- battlewagon — a battleship
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- bell bronze — an alloy of copper and tin that contains a high proportion (at least 20 per cent) of tin: used for bell founding