10-letter words containing g, l, e, n, r
- kesselring — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1885–1960, German field marshal.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- landgraves — Plural form of landgrave.
- langlaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- large cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- leek-green — dull bluish green.
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- legendries — Plural form of legendry.
- leger line — ledger line (def 1).
- legharness — armor for the leg, sometimes including that for the foot.
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- lengthener — A person or thing that lengthens something.
- 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.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- lime green — bright yellowish-green colour
- linguister — an interpreter
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- long green — paper money; cash.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long metre — a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns
- long press — (on a tablet or smartphone) the act of pressing one's finger down on an icon or other part of the screen for several seconds, as to activate a task or access additional options.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- long rifle — Kentucky rifle.
- long-eared — (of an animal) having long ears
- long-range — considering or extending into the future: a long-range outlook; long-range plans.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- longed-for — A longed-for thing or event is one that someone wants very much.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- longstreet — James, 1821–1904, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.