10-letter words containing c, e, a, s
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- latescence — the state or quality of being latescent
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- 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.
- literacies — Plural form of literacy.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- 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.
- 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.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macromeres — Plural form of macromere.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.