10-letter words containing e, a, r, l, i
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- large-size — (of clothing, goods, merchandise, etc) of a bigger size than average
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
- lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lavalliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lawyerlike — Resembling a lawyer or some aspect of one.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaf miner — any of the larvae of any of numerous insects, as moths of the family Gracilariidae, that live in and feed on the parenchyma of leaves.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- leisurable — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- liberalise — Alternative spelling of liberalize.