10-letter words containing a, l, i, t, e
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lanthanide — any element of the lanthanide series.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- late latin — the Latin of the late Western Roman Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 150 to 700. Abbreviation: LL.
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lead paint — paint containing lead
- lead white — a poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leafleting — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- legal list — a list of investments that fiduciaries and certain institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, are legally authorized to make.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalities — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- legislated — Simple past tense and past participle of legislate.
- legislates — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.