10-letter words containing h, a, s, t, l
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- last thing — as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night
- last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lead sheet — a copy of a song containing the melody line, sometimes along with the lyrics and the notations indicating the harmonic structure.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leathersex — The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lethalness — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- lift shaft — the long vertical space through which a lift travels
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- 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.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- metalsmith — a person skilled in making articles of metal.
- methuselah — a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- 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.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.