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10-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e

  • goldenseal — a plant, Hydrastis canadensis, of the buttercup family, having a thick yellow rootstock.
  • goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
  • goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
  • gondoletta — a small Venetian gondola.
  • goodlihead — goodness; good appearance
  • guadeloupe — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
  • half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
  • halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
  • hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
  • handloomed — handwoven.
  • handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
  • hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
  • head louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
  • healthfood — Alternative spelling of health food.
  • hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
  • helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
  • heligoland — Helgoland.
  • hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
  • hol hamoed — the period between the first and last two days of Passover or Sukkoth, consisting of four days during Passover and five days during Sukkoth and having less than full festival status.
  • hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
  • holohedral — (of a crystal) having all the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
  • holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
  • hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
  • hydroplane — a seaplane.
  • hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
  • idealogies — Misspelling of ideologies.
  • ideational — of, relating to, or involving ideas or concepts.
  • idiolectal — Of or relating to an idiolect.
  • idolatress — A female idolater.
  • idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
  • idolatrize — (transitive) To make an idol of; to idolize.
  • inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • intaglioed — Simple past tense and past participle of intaglio.
  • intermodal — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
  • internodal — Of or pertaining to an internode.
  • inviolated — Not violated or injured; inviolate.
  • isolatedly — separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
  • jadotville — former name of Likasi.
  • lacedaemon — Sparta.
  • lad's love — herb: wormwood
  • lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
  • land force — an armed force serving on land
  • land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
  • land rover — a four-wheel drive vehicle
  • landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
  • landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
  • landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
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