10-letter words containing h, a, l, e, r
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- loggerhead — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logorrhoea — (British spelling) Standard form of logorrhea.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- loudhailer — (British) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- marblehead — a resort in NE Massachusetts: yachting.
- marshalers — Plural form of marshaler.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaller — Alternative spelling of marshaler.
- marshalsea — the court of the marshal of the royal household.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- ml threads — SML/NJ with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in Modula-2+ and Mesa. Written by Greg Morrisett <[email protected]>. Implementations for Motorola 68020, SPARC and MIPS and VAX- and MIPS-based multiprocessors.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motherload — A very large amount of something valuable.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- nonthermal — Not thermal; not produced by heat.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- oil-harden — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- other half — the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made: a glimpse of how the other half lives.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- perihelial — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- peripheral — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.