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11-letter words containing s, a, l, t, n

  • kleene star — (text)   (Or "Kleene closure", named after Stephen Kleene) The postfix "*" operator used in regular expressions, Extended Backus-Naur Form, and similar formalisms to specify a match for zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression. For example, the regular expression "be*t" would match the string "bt", "bet", "beet", "beeeeet", and so on.
  • kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
  • lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
  • laminations — Plural form of lamination.
  • lancastrian — of or relating to the royal family of Lancaster.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
  • 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.
  • langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
  • languescent — becoming languid
  • lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
  • lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • last minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
  • last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
  • lastingness — The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
  • latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
  • lateen sail — a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.
  • latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
  • 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.
  • law student — sb who studies legal system
  • lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
  • lay analyst — a psychoanalyst who does not have a medical degree.
  • leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
  • lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
  • legislating — Present participle of legislate.
  • legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • licentiates — Plural form of licentiate.
  • lieutenants — Plural form of lieutenant.
  • lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
  • ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
  • line starve — (MIT, opposite of line feed) 1. To feed paper through a printer the wrong way by one line (most printers can't do this). On a display terminal, to move the cursor up to the previous line of the screen. "To print "X squared", you just output "X", line starve, "2", line feed." (The line starve causes the "2" to appear on the line above the "X", and the line feed gets back to the original line.) 2. A character (or character sequence) that causes a terminal to perform this action. ASCII 26, also called SUB or control-Z, was one common line-starve character in the days before microcomputers and the X3.64 terminal standard. Unlike "line feed", "line starve" is *not* standard ASCII terminology. Even among hackers it is considered silly. 3. (Proposed) A sequence such as \c (used in System V echo, as well as nroff and troff) that suppresses a newline or other character(s) that would normally be emitted.
  • linearities — Plural form of linearity.
  • linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
  • lionisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of lionization.
  • literalness — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
  • litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
  • locust bean — carob.
  • logan stone — rocking stone.
  • logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
  • londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
  • longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
  • lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
  • maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
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