10-letter words containing a, r, m, l, o
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lacrimator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lactometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.
- lag b'omer — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lake frome — a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)
- laminboard — A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- laparotomy — incision through the abdominal wall.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lattermost — latest; last.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- lawn mower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loadmaster — an aircrew member responsible for the loading and stowage of cargo aboard an aircraft.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- loch morar — a lake in W Scotland, in the SW Highlands: the deepest in Scotland. Length: 18 km (11 miles). Depth: 296 m (987 ft)
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- loom large — to be very prominent or important
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- lord mayor — (chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lossmakers — Plural form of lossmaker.
- low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macroalgal — Of, or pertaining to, macroalga.
- macrocycle — (chemistry) a cyclic macromolecule, or a macrocyclic portion of a molecule.
- macroflora — Plants that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macrolevel — at or on a level that is large in scale or scope: macrolevel research on crime rates in urban areas.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- mail order — shopping by post
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.