10-letter words containing a, l, i, t, o
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- li t'ai-po — Li Po
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberators — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- linolenate — a salt or ester of linolenic acid
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- liquidator — a person who liquidates assets, especially one authorized to do so by a court of law.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- litigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- 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.
- lobtailing — (of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- local time — the time based on the meridian through a specific place, as a city, in contrast to that of the time zone within which the place is located; the time in a specific place as compared to that of another place to the east or west.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- locational — a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logic gate — gate1 (def 16b).
- logicality — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistical — of or relating to logistics.
- lokayatika — a member of the Lokayata school.
- longtailed — Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lothair ii — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- maculation — the act of spotting.