11-letter words containing lo
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- astrologers — Plural form of astrologer.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- at a gallop — If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly.
- at one blow — by or with only one action; all at one time
- atelophobia — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
- audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
- autoloading — self-loading
- autological — (grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- bachelordom — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- back-loaded — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- back-logged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- banjo clock — a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
- batological — relating to the study of brambles
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- battologize — to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.
- bay scallop — a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, especially eastern Long Island Sound.
- beat hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- below decks — If someone or something is below decks, they are inside a ship in the part of it that is underneath the deck.
- belowground — underground
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- biologistic — relating to biologism
- blackfellow — Australian Aborigine
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block chord — a two-handed chord played usually in the middle range of the piano with the left hand duplicating or complementing the right-hand notes.
- block front — Furniture. a front of a desk, chest of drawers, etc., of the third quarter of the 18th century, having three vertical divisions of equal width, a sunken one between raised ones, all divided by flat areas to which they are connected by curves, often with a shell motif forming a rounded termination to each section.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.