10-letter words containing c, l, i, n, e
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leech line — a line for hauling the middle of a leech of a square sail up to the yard.
- 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.
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- leucocidin — an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- licensable — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licentiate — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- liebknecht — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, German socialist leader.
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- limberneck — a fatal infection of botulism affecting birds, especially chickens and ducks, characterized by weakness of the neck muscles and inability to eat.
- limicoline — shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers.
- limoncello — A lemon-flavored Italian liqueur.
- line block — a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen
- line dance — a kind of partnerless dance in which the dancers stand side by side in a line or lines and perform, in unison, a series of set, often complex, steps to various kinds of popular music
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
- line-dance — to participate in a line dance.
- linebacker — a player on defense who takes a position close behind the linemen.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lip pencil — a make-up pencil used for outlining, shaping or colouring the lips
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- littleneck — the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when young and small.
- long since — for a long time now
- low-income — of or relating to those with a relatively small income.
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
- magnetical — (obsolete) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; magnetic.
- maledicent — ((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- manchineel — a tropical American tree or shrub, Hippomane mancinella, of the spurge family, having a milky, highly caustic, poisonous sap.
- mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- medicinals — Plural form of medicinal.