10-letter words containing i, n, t, o, a
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jaculation — the act of hurling or throwing
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- janitorial — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- job action — any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- jubilation — a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation: Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.
- judication — the act of judging
- junctional — an act of joining; combining.
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- ketonaemia — an excess of ketone bodies in the blood
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lamination — act or process of laminating; the state of being laminated.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- langostino — langoustine.
- lanthanoid — (inorganic chemistry) lanthanide.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
- latitation — the state of lying hidden
- latrotoxin — (biochemistry) Any of a group of neurotoxins found in the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
- latticinio — an opaque, white glass first produced in Venice during the Renaissance, often used in thread form to decorate clear glass pieces.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- linolenate — a salt or ester of linolenic acid
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- litigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- 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.
- lobtailing — (of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.