11-letter words containing s, o, l, t
- 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 colony — a settlement of British colonists whom Walter Raleigh sent to Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina) in 1587 and of whom no trace was found after 1591.
- lost motion — motion of a machine or mechanism, especially a reciprocating one, during which no useful work is performed.
- 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 1-2-3 — (tool, product) A spreadsheet for MS-DOS from Lotus Development Corporation. It can be programmed using "macros" and comes with a separate program to produce graphs and charts but this cannot be run at the same time as the spreadsheet. It has keyboard-driven pop-up menus as well as one-key commands, making it fast to operate. Lotus 1-2-3 supported EGA and later VGA graphics. Early versions used the filename extension "WK1". Version: 4. Lotus 1-2-3 has been the subject of several user interface copyright court cases in the US. 1-2-3's successor, Symphony, had simultaneous update of spreadsheet, graph and word processor windows.
- 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 sutra — a central scripture of Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizing that anyone can attain enlightenment
- 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.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- 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
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lyosorption — the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp of a solvent on suspended particles
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- 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.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- mandlestone — The amygdaloid.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- matzo balls — dumplings made from ground matzo
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- megaloblast — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- melanoblast — an undifferentiated cell that develops into a melanophore or melanocyte.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melba toast — narrow slices of thin, crisp toast.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.