11-letter words containing t, u, l, e
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lieutenants — Plural form of lieutenant.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- liquid diet — a diet restricted to liquids and, sometimes, certain semisolid foods, as custards, gelatin, etc.
- literatured — (of a person) well educated and learned, esp in literature
- literatures — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- litmus test — Chemistry. the use of litmus paper or solution to test the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
- litter lout — a person who tends to drop refuse in public places
- litterateur — a literary person, especially a writer of literary works.
- little gull — a small, Old World gull, Larus minutus.
- locust bean — carob.
- loony tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loony-tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- lose out on — to fail to secure or make use of
- 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.
- loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- lower court — any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- luminescent — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- luoravetlan — Chukotian.
- lustfulness — full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lutine bell — the salvaged bell from the wrecked British warship Lutine, hung in the insurance office of Lloyd's of London and traditionally rung before announcements of ships overdue or lost at sea.
- luxulianite — a rare variety of granite containing tourmaline embedded in quartz and feldspar
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- mandibulate — having mandibles.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.