11-letter words containing r, l, a, b
- irreparably — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- isallobaric — relating to isobars
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- jabberingly — in a jabbering manner
- jailbreaker — One who breaks out of jail.
- joel barlow — Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- julius raab — Julius, 1891–1964, Austrian engineer and statesman: chancellor of Austria 1953–61.
- kerb appeal — the attractiveness to potential buyers of a house when viewed from the road
- killer bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- labor force — work force.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- labor party — one of the chief political parties of Australia, generally supporting the interests of organized labour
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
- labradoodle — a type of dog that is a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle
- labradorean — of or relating to Labrador.
- labradorite — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase group, often characterized by a brilliant change of colors, with blue and green most common.
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
- lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lamb's ears — a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint family, having white, wooly leaves and small, purple flowers in dense whorls.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- land breeze — a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- lateral bud — axillary bud.
- launderable — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.