10-letter words containing l, e, n, i, t
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lanthanide — any element of the lanthanide series.
- late latin — the Latin of the late Western Roman Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 150 to 700. Abbreviation: LL.
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lead paint — paint containing lead
- leafleting — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lemon mint — a plant, Mentha piperita, of the central U.S., having white or pinkish flowers and lemon-scented leaves when crushed.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lenitively — In a lenitive manner.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentigines — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- lentissimo — very slow.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- libertines — Plural form of libertine.
- licentiate — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.