10-letter words containing l, a, o, n
- longheaded — Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
- longmeadow — a town in S Massachusetts.
- longs peak — a peak in N Colorado, in the Rocky Mountain National Park. 14,255 feet (4345 meters).
- longtailed — Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
- loon pants — trousers that flare from the knee
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lord acton — Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron) 1834–1902, English historian.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- 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).
- low season — The low season is the time of year when a place receives the fewest visitors, and fares and holiday accommodation are often cheaper.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malar bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malar-bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malaxation — The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
- malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- malleation — the act of hammering or beating something thin
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- mamoncillo — the genip, Melicoccus bijugatus.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- mantellone — a purple mantle extending to the ankles, worn over the cassock by lesser prelates of the papal court.
- manzanillo — a seaport in SE Cuba.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.