11-letter words containing lan
- greenlander — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- husbandland — the holding once held by a husband or tenant farmer or the quantity of land held by him, approximately 32 acres
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hyperplanes — Plural form of hyperplane.
- ilang-ilang — an aromatic tree, Cananga odorata, of the annona family, native to the Philippines, Java, etc., having fragrant, drooping flowers that yield a volatile oil used in perfumery.
- implantable — capable of being implanted.
- inland bill — a bill of exchange drawn and payable, actually or on its face, in the same jurisdiction, as in the same country or state.
- inside lane — the inside, and therefore the shortest, route around a circular or oval multi-lane running track
- interisland — being or operating between islands: interisland transportation.
- james bland — James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- lan manager — (operating system) Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- lancastrian — of or relating to the royal family of Lancaster.
- lanceolated — Alternative form of lanceolate.
- lancet arch — an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lancinating — to stab or pierce.
- lancination — A tearing or laceration.
- land breeze — a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- land freeze — a legal restraint on the sale or transfer of land.
- land of nod — the mythical land of sleep.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- land patent — an official document by which title to a portion of public land is conveyed from the government.
- land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landgrabber — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.