11-letter words containing r, a, u, s
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.
- laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
- laurustinus — a southern European evergreen shrub, Viburnum tinus, of the honeysuckle family, having large clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- lesquerella — any of various plants of the genus Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having rosettes of simple, hairy leaves, small yellow flowers, and inflated pods, and yielding a seed oil similar to castor oil.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- literatures — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- lotus sutra — a central scripture of Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizing that anyone can attain enlightenment
- lotus-eater — Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- manicurists — Plural form of manicurist.
- manna sugar — mannitol.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- maria luisa — Marie Louise.
- marquessate — The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.
- marquisates — Plural form of marquisate.