10-letter words containing a, l, s, c
- lazy sml2c — A lazy version sml2c. Portable, written in SML. Language extensions include first-class continuations, asynchronous signal handling. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://dravido.soar.cs.cmu.edu/usr/nemo/sml2c.
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- leaf scald — a bacterial disease of sugarcane, characterized by irregular, bleached streaks on the leaves and defoliation and caused especially by Bacterium albilineans.
- lease-back — an arrangement by which a company sells a property and simultaneously obtains a long-term lease from the buyer for continued use of the deeded property
- leasebacks — Plural form of leaseback.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- 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.
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lexicalise — Alternative spelling of lexicalize.
- licensable — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- life class — nude drawing lesson
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- literacies — Plural form of literacy.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- local sign — the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- logistical — of or relating to logistics.
- long-coats — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- 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.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.