10-letter words containing a, f, s, l
- leafstalks — Plural form of leafstalk.
- left stage — the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience.
- legal fees — fees paid to lawyers
- life class — nude drawing lesson
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- life-saver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- lift shaft — the long vertical space through which a lift travels
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loose-leaf — (of a book, notebook, etc.) consisting of individual leaves held in a binder (loose-leaf binder) as by rings that open and close, in such a way as to allow their removal, return, or replacement without tearing.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- lust after — desire sexually
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- manfulness — The state of being manful.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- mobssl-uaf — Merritt and Miller's Own Block-Structured Simulation Language-Unpronounceable Acronym For. A l for interactive continuous simulation.
- muff glass — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- myofascial — Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
- nanofossil — A nanosized fossil.
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- non-fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- off-island — located or tending away from the shore of an island: an off-island current.
- offsetable — able to balance, counteract, or compensate for something else
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- pausefully — in a pauseful manner
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- relay fast — (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows