10-letter words containing a, l, f
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- lifejacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- 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 face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loaf bread — commercially baked bread; store-bought bread.
- 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.
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- 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.
- low fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- lust after — desire sexually
- macfarlane — an overcoat with an attached cape and two slits in front near the waist.
- 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.
- macroflora — Plants that can be seen with the naked eye.
- magnifical — magnificent; imposing.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- maleficial — abusive or hurtful
- 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.
- malleefowl — Alternative form of mallee fowl.
- malleiform — having the shape of a hammer
- mallowpuff — a white marshmallow on a biscuit base and covered with chocolate
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- manfulness — The state of being manful.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- maple leaf — a one-ounce gold coin of Canada showing a maple leaf on the reverse: traded for investment or as a collector's item.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- megafaunal — Of or pertaining to the megafauna.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- metafemale — (biology) A female with triple X syndrome.
- microflora — Biology. microscopic plants.
- milk float — a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
- millifarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one thousandth of a farad. Abbreviation: mF, mf.