11-letter words containing n, o, u, r
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- loll around — If you loll around or loll about, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way.
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- look around — examine surrounding area
- lose ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- lower bound — an element less than or equal to all the elements in a given set: The numbers 0 and 1 are lower bounds of the set consisting of 1, 2, and 3.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lumpenprole — a member of the lumpenproletariat.
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- lunar rover — a wire-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle used by Apollo astronauts to explore the moon's surface.
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- luoravetlan — Chukotian.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- luxuriation — The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
- macromutant — undergoing macromutation.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manoeuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- manufactory — a factory.
- mavourneens — Plural form of mavourneen.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- micturition — the act of passing urine; urination.
- mill around — walk about
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study