11-letter words containing le
- aleppo pine — a pine tree, Pinus halepensis, native to the Mediterranean area, that is planted as an ornamental and is a source of turpentine.
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- alethiology — the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- alexander i — c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
- alexander v — 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.
- alexandrian — of or relating to Alexander the Great
- alexandrina — a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- alexandrine — a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
- alexandrite — a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
- alexithymia — an inability to recognize, understand, and describe emotions
- alfilerilla — Alt form alfilaria.
- alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
- alkalescent — developing alkaline qualities
- alkaliphile — Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile.
- allegations — Plural form of allegation.
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
- allegorizer — a person who talks in or explains by means of allegories
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- allelomorph — allele
- allelopathy — the inhibitory effect of one living plant upon another by the release of toxic substances
- allemontite — a white to gray, brittle mineral, antimony arsenide, AsSb, occurring in reniform masses: formerly used as an ore of arsenic.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key
- alleviating — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
- alleviative — Also, alleviatory [uh-lee-vee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈli vi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ (Show IPA). serving to alleviate; palliative.
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- alleviatory — having the ability to reduce or moderate the severity of something
- alley light — a searchlight mounted on a public-safety vehicle or other motor vehicle for sideways lighting.
- allocatable — that can be allocated.
- altar table — a table at the altar of a church on which the elements are placed during the celebration of Eucharist
- altoruffled — altogether ruffled
- amalgamable — that can be amalgamated
- amber alert — a notification to the general public, such as by commercial radio or electronic traffic-condition signs, regarding an abduction of a child
- ambivalence — the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc
- ambivalency — uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
- amiableness — The state or quality of being amiable.
- amortizable — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
- amplifiable — Capable of being amplified.
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- anastrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- angle board — a board serving as a gauge for an angle planed across the end of other boards.
- angle cleat — a short length of angle iron used as a bracket.
- angle plate — a steel structural plate, esp one in the shape of a right-angled triangle, used to connect structural members and stiffen frameworks
- animal pole — the formative part of an ovum, having the greatest amount of cytoplasm and containing the nucleus.