10-letter words containing f, a
- la fayette — Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-ree maduh-len pyawsh duh la ver-nyuh] /maˈri madəˈlɛn pyɔʃ də la ˈvɛr nyə/ (Show IPA), Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.
- la flesche — Susette (Inshta Theumba"Bright Eyes") 1854–1903, U.S. author, Native American activist, and lecturer.
- laborforce — Alternative form of labor force.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lake frome — a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land force — an armed force serving on land
- land of oz — an unreal, otherworldly, or magical place.
- langlaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lapidified — Simple past tense and past participle of lapidify.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latifundia — a great estate.
- latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- law of war — rules or a code of rules governing the rights and duties of belligerents in an international war.
- lawfulness — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- lay before — If you lay an idea or piece of information before someone, you present it to them in detail, usually in order to obtain their approval or advice.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- leadfooted — awkward; clumsy.
- leaf coral — any red algae of the species Bossea orbigniana, common as a seaweed along the Pacific coast of the U.S., having calcified, flattened, jointed stems.
- 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.
- leaf mould — Leaf mould is a substance consisting of decayed leaves that is used to improve the soil.
- leaf scald — a bacterial disease of sugarcane, characterized by irregular, bleached streaks on the leaves and defoliation and caused especially by Bacterium albilineans.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leaf trace — a strand of fluid-carrying vascular tissue extending from the main stem to the base of a leaf.
- leafcutter — Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafleteer — a person who writes or distributes leaflets.
- leafleting — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leafletter — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leafroller — Alternative spelling of leaf roller.
- leafstalks — Plural form of leafstalk.
- lean-faced — having a thin, narrow face.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- left brace — (character) "". {ASCII character 123. Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: opening brace. Rare: brace ("}" >INTERCAL: embrace ("}" = bracelet). Paired with right brace ("}").
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- left heart — the half of the heart containing the left ventricle and left atrium, which supply oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
- left stage — the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience.
- lefthanded — Alternative spelling of left-handed.
- lefthander — Alternative spelling of left-hander.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- legal fees — fees paid to lawyers