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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
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