11-letter words containing s, a, d, l, e
- invalidness — Invalidity.
- james bland — James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- jealoushood — jealousy
- laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
- ladies' day — a special day set aside, either occasionally or regularly, on which women are encouraged to attend or participate in a certain activity at a reduced fee or at no cost: Friday was Ladies' Day at the ball park.
- ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laggardness — The quality or state of being a laggard.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- landsteiner — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralise.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.
- law student — sb who studies legal system
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- learnedness — The quality of being learned.
- leased line — (communications, networking) A private telephone circuit permanently connecting two points, normally provided on a lease by a local PTT.
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- loss leader — a popular article that is sold at a very low price or at a loss for the purpose of attracting customers to a retail store. Compare leader (def 4).
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- 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.
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.