10-letter words containing l, a, e, g, r
- gyneolatry — The adoration or worship of women.
- half tiger — a five-rand coin
- handlanger — an unskilled assistant to a tradesman
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hexangular — having six angles.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- in general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
- inarguable — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
- integrable — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- integrally — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- interregal — existing between kings
- irregulars — Plural form of irregular.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- kalgoorlie — a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.
- keratalgia — pain in the cornea.
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lag b'omer — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lager lout — a rowdy or aggressive young drunk male
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lake garda — a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in the country. Area: 370 sq km (143 sq miles)
- landgraves — Plural form of landgrave.
- langlaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- large cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- large-size — (of clothing, goods, merchandise, etc) of a bigger size than average
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- late greek — the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbreviation: LGk.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- le-allegro — L'Allegro.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- leg warmer — a footless, stockinglike knitted covering for the leg, usually worn over tights, trousers, boots, etc., for warmth, as in a dance class or while exercising, or as a fashion accessory.