11-letter words containing r, o, l, i
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- loxodromics — the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- 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).
- lubritorium — a place, as in a service station, for the lubrication of motor vehicles
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- luxuriation — The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
- luxuriously — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- lyosorption — the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp of a solvent on suspended particles
- macrocyclic — having a ring structure consisting of more than 12 atoms.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malariology — the study of malaria.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mamilliform — shaped like a nipple
- mandatorily — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- manorialize — to bring under manorialism.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- matrimonial — of or relating to matrimony; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal.
- maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.