10-letter words containing i, r, d, a, l
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
- lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- 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.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- linearized — Simple past tense and past participle of linearize.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- 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.
- liquid air — a pale blue, intensely cold liquid, obtained by the compression and cooling of air: used as a source of oxygen, nitrogen, and inert gases, and as a refrigerant.
- liquidator — a person who liquidates assets, especially one authorized to do so by a court of law.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- lizardlike — Reminding of a lizard.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- loudhailer — (British) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- mail order — shopping by post
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
- mainlander — a person who lives on a mainland.
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- marbleized — Simple past tense and past participle of marbleize.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- microblade — bladelet.
- middle ear — the middle portion of the ear, consisting of the tympanic membrane and an air-filled chamber lined with mucous membrane, that contains the malleus, incus, and stapes. Compare ear1 (def 1).
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- millifarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one thousandth of a farad. Abbreviation: mF, mf.
- mineraloid — a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- misdeclare — to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy.
- misrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of misrelate.
- modacrylic — designating or of any of various synthetic fibers that resist combustion, made from long-chain polymers composed primarily of acrylonitrile modified by other polymers: used in making fabrics, carpets, etc.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mole drain — an underground cylindrical drainage channel cut by a special plough to drain heavy agricultural soil