11-letter words containing u, r, o, c
- jocoserious — Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- knock rummy — a variety of rummy for two to six players, in which a player can end a game by laying down a hand with any number of points in cards not included in sets.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- loose scrum — a play in which a bunch of players gather around an opponent's dropped ball and then attempt to gain possession of the ball.
- 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.
- loupcervier — the Canada lynx.
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- lower court — any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macromutant — undergoing macromutation.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manufactory — a factory.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- microporous — composed of or having extremely small pores.