11-letter words starting with lo
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logic array — an arrangement of circuitry on a mass-produced microchip permitting the chip to be easily customized for a specific application.
- logic level — the voltage level representing one or zero in an electronic logic circuit
- logic model — A logic model is a method of calculating how likely it is that something unwanted will happen.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- logodaedaly — the cunning or skilful use of words
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner
- loll around — If you loll around or loll about, you enjoy yourself by sitting or lying in a relaxed way.
- lollo rosso — a variety of lettuce originating in Italy, having curly red-tipped leaves and a slightly bitter taste
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- lollygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lollygag.
- lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
- londonderry — a county in N Northern Ireland. 804 sq. mi. (2082 sq. km).
- londonesque — resembling or characteristic of London, England.
- londonistan — an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lone mother — a mother with no husband or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- long primer — a 12-point type.
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- long-acting — sustained-release.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
- long-legged — having long legs
- long-limbed — having long limbs
- long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
- long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
- longingness — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- longinquity — long distance; remoteness
- longissimus — (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.