11-letter words containing s, o, u, a
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- 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.
- 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.
- louisianian — of Louisiana
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manumission — the act of manumitting.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masturbator — to engage in masturbation.
- mavourneens — Plural form of mavourneen.
- measure off — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- measure out — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metasequoia — a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- mimosaceous — belonging to the Mimosaceae, now regarded as a subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the legume family.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modulations — Plural form of modulation.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
- moratoriums — Plural form of moratorium.