10-letter words containing i, t, s, a, l
- israelites — a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- italianism — an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- italianist — a person who specializes in the study of Italy, the Italian people, or the Italian language.
- italicised — to print in italic type.
- italicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of italicize.
- jailbait's — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jesuitical — of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- juristical — Alternative form of juristic.
- kabalistic — cabalistic.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- killstreak — (video games) An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.
- 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.
- 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.
- lac insect — a scale insect, Laccifer lacca, of southeast Asia, the female of which secretes lac, a substance used in the preparation of shellac, wax, etc.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lambasting — to beat or whip severely.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- langostino — langoustine.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- 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 riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- legal list — a list of investments that fiduciaries and certain institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, are legally authorized to make.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalities — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- legislated — Simple past tense and past participle of legislate.