11-letter words starting with l
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lecturelike — Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- 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
- led printer — (printer) (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
- ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.
- ledger line — Also, leger line. Also called added line. Music. a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
- lees summit — a town in W Missouri.
- leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
- leflunomide — An inhibitor of pyrimidine synthesis, used to treat some forms of arthritis.
- left-footed — kicked with the left foot
- left-footer — (esp in Ireland and Scotland) a Roman Catholic
- left-handed — having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
- left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
- leg warmers — a set of coverings for the legs, worn for warmth or, as by dancers rehearsing, to prevent leg cramps
- leg-pulling — the act of performing practical jokes
- legacy code — legacy system
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- legal eagle — a lawyer.
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- legatissimo — to be performed as smoothly and connectedly as possible
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- legibleness — Legibility.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legionnaire — (often initial capital letter) a member of the American Legion.
- legislating — Present participle of legislate.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- legitimated — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimate.
- legitimates — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimator — a person who makes something legitimate
- legitimised — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimise.
- legitimises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimise.
- legitimists — Plural form of legitimist.
- legitimized — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimize.
- legitimizer — One who, or that which, legitimizes.