11-letter words containing s, o, l, e, a
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- 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
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lesson plan — outline of teaching session
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- locust bean — carob.
- logan stone — rocking stone.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- loose metal — shingle on a road
- loose-weave — loosely woven
- los angeles — Victoria [vik-tawr-ee-uh,, -tohr-;; Spanish beek-taw-ryah] /vɪkˈtɔr i ə,, -ˈtoʊr-;; Spanish bikˈtɔ ryɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2005, Spanish operatic soprano.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- lovableness — The property that makes someone or something lovable.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower lakes — Lakes Erie and Ontario
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.