11-letter words containing s, e, t, l
- lateen sail — a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.
- lateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralise.
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
- law society — association of lawyers
- law student — sb who studies legal system
- lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- 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.
- leaf sheath — the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem
- leafleteers — Plural form of leafleteer.
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lees summit — a town in W Missouri.
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- legatissimo — to be performed as smoothly and connectedly as possible
- legislating — Present participle of legislate.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- 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.
- legitimates — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimised — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimise.
- legitimises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimise.
- legitimists — Plural form of legitimist.
- legitimizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimize.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- lend itself — to possess the right characteristics or qualities for
- lengthiness — The property of being lengthy, longness.
- lens turret — a rotating device on a camera for bringing any of several lenses in front of the shutter.
- lentiginose — (botany) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- lestobiosis — cleptobiosis characterized by furtive thievery.
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- lethiferous — lethal.
- letter-size — (of paper) measuring approximately 8½ × 11 inches (22 × 28 cm).
- letterboxes — Plural form of letterbox.
- letterforms — Plural form of letterform.
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- letterpress — the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.