11-letter words containing s, e, t, l
- lobotomised — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobster net — a net used for catching lobsters
- lobster pot — a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- locomotives — Plural form of locomotive.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- locust bean — carob.
- logan stone — rocking stone.
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loony tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loony-tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loose bytes — Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or shims many compilers insert between members of a record or structure to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
- loose metal — shingle on a road
- loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- lose out on — to fail to secure or make use of
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- lost tribes — the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. II Kings 17:1–23.
- lotus notes — A group of application programs from Lotus Development Corporation which allows organisations to share documents and exchange electronic mail messages. Notes supports replication.
- lotus-eater — Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- luminescent — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- lustfulness — full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- maltese cat — a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
- maltese dog — one of a breed of toy dogs having a long, straight, silky white coat.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mandlestone — The amygdaloid.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- manteltrees — Plural form of manteltree.
- mare's-tail — a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.