11-letter words containing n, o, r, s, e, l
- fort nelson — a river in NE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Liard River. 100 miles (160 km) long.
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
- frontlessly — in a frontless or shameless manner
- fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- golden rose — a gold, bejeweled ornament in the form of a rose or spray of roses, blessed and presented by the pope in recognition of service to the Holy See.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- horn silver — cerargyrite.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- insertional — That involves insertion.
- insessorial — adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
- inter alios — among other persons.
- intercostal — pertaining to muscles, parts, or intervals between the ribs.
- interfluous — interfluent
- interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
- interosseal — interosseous
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intersocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- intolerants — not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- 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.
- lens holder — a container which holds a thin curved piece of glass or plastic in place
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- liner notes — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- linesperson — (sports) A linesman or lineswoman.
- lobster net — a net used for catching lobsters
- longsleever — about 3/4 pint (0.35 liter) of beer.
- lose ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.