10-letter words containing l, e, s, i
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- arterioles — Plural form of arteriole.
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- ascaridole — a liquid, C 10 H 16 O 2 , constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.
- ascendible — Capable of being ascended; climbable.
- ascii file — a file that uses the ASCII code
- ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- asexuality — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- asexualize — to make incapable of reproduction, as by castrating.
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- assailable — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assailment — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assaultive — tending or seeming to assault; physically aggressive: the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands.
- assemblies — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assibilate — (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- assimilate — When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- assimulate — (obsolete) To assimilate.
- associable — that can be associated or connected in the mind
- assoilment — the state or act of forgiveness or deliverance from transgression or denunciation
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- at leisure — having free time for ease, relaxation, etc
- ateleiosis — the condition of having restricted or impaired growth
- athleisure — the wearing of sports clothes as leisurewear
- austerlitz — a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)
- australite — a glassy object made of molten rock found in the earth of Southern Australia
- axillaries — Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- ballerinas — Plural form of ballerina.
- ballistite — a smokeless rocket propellant composed of roughly equal proportions of the explosives nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine
- ballsiness — daring; courage
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- bas-relief — Bas-relief is a technique of sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they stand out from the background.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.