11-letter words containing l, a, s, p, e
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lesson plan — outline of teaching session
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- 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.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
- master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellowspeak — bland or vague language associated with New Age philosophy
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- missile gap — a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.