10-letter words containing l, a, e, g, r
- 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.
- legharness — armor for the leg, sometimes including that for the foot.
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- legwarmers — Plural form of legwarmer.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lettergram — (historical) A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- 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.
- 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.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- loggerhead — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logorrhoea — (British spelling) Standard form of logorrhea.
- long-eared — (of an animal) having long ears
- long-range — considering or extending into the future: a long-range outlook; long-range plans.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- loom large — to be very prominent or important
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- m-learning — a form of e-learning designed for mobile phones or tablet computers
- mail merge — (messaging) A function of some word processing software (e.g. Microsoft Word) that produces multiple instances of a document by substituting different text strings from a database in place of certain field markers. This is often done with envelopes, resumes, spam, and various other mass mailings.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- malingerer — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- megaseller — A book or other product that has sold in extremely large numbers.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- migratable — Capable of migrating.
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.