11-letter words containing o, r, f
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- labor force — work force.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lamelliform — shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
- laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
- leaf roller — any of several insects, especially moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which form a nest by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- left-footer — (esp in Ireland and Scotland) a Roman Catholic
- lethiferous — lethal.
- letterforms — Plural form of letterform.
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- load factor — the amount or weight of cargo, number of passengers, etc., that an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel can carry.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- macrofloral — Relating to the macroflora.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- make up for — compensate
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malefactory — villainous
- mamilliform — shaped like a nipple
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- man-for-man — man-to-man (sense 2)
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manufactory — a factory.
- maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
- measure off — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- memory foam — a polyurethane-containing material that adapts to the contours of the body, making it useful in supportive pillows, mattresses, soles and so on
- metrifonate — an organophosphorus compound, C 4 H 8 Cl 3 O 4 P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
- mezzo forte — music: moderately loudly
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microfibril — a microtubule, microfilament, or other fine threadlike structure of a cell.
- microfiling — the process of reproducing the contents of a file on microfilm