10-letter words containing e, o, l, i
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- lewis bolt — an anchor bolt having a conical base around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it.
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberators — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- liege lord — a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- lienholder — a person who has a lien on particular property.
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- life coach — a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life: A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.
- life force — élan vital.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- like a log — without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)
- likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- limestones — Plural form of limestone.
- limicoline — shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- limoncello — A lemon-flavored Italian liqueur.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- lindenwold — a town in SW New Jersey.
- line block — a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen
- line noise — (communications) 1. Spurious characters due to electrical noise in a communications link, especially an EIA-232 serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or crosstalk from other circuits, electrical storms, cosmic rays, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of electrical line noise. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs syntax so bizarre that it looks like line noise. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is TECO, whose input syntax is often said to be indistinguishable from line noise. Other non-WYSIWYG editors, such as Multics "qed" and Unix "ed", in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately obfuscated languages such as INTERCAL.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- liner note — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- lineswomen — Plural form of lineswoman.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- linolenate — a salt or ester of linolenic acid
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.