10-letter words containing e, t, i, o, l, a
- no-tillage — the planting of crops by direct seeding without plowing, using herbicides as necessary to control weeds.
- nobilitate — (obsolete) To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.
- nominately — in a nameable or particular manner
- non-retail — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonethical — not related to ethics
- nongenital — not related to, or involving, the genitals
- nonliteral — Not literal.
- noticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- noticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- notifiable — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- obligately — In an obligate manner.
- obligative — implying or involving obligation: an obligative commitment.
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- obnubilate — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- obtainable — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
- oestradiol — Alternative spelling of estradiol.
- oil tanker — a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
- olfactible — Having an odor; capable of being smelled.
- one-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic either significantly exceeds or falls significantly below a given value, where the error is relevant only in one direction: for instance, in testing whether scales are fair a customer does not regard overweight goods as a relevant error
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- oppilative — obstructive; blocking
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- pileolated — pileated.
- pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).