10-letter words containing h, s, a
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- 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
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lead sheet — a copy of a song containing the melody line, sometimes along with the lyrics and the notations indicating the harmonic structure.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leaseholds — Plural form of leasehold.
- leathersex — The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- legharness — armor for the leg, sometimes including that for the foot.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- les halles — (formerly) the large, central, wholesale food market area of Paris, France.
- 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.
- lexiphanes — Plural form of lexiphane.
- lhasa apso — one of a breed of small terriers having a long, heavy coat, raised in Tibet as watchdogs.
- 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.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- 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.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.