10-letter words containing l, e, t, c, h
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- liebknecht — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, German socialist leader.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- mule chest — a low chest with drawers, mounted on a low frame.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- net blotch — a disease of barley, characterized by a brown, netlike discoloration of the leaves, caused by fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.
- neufchatel — a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
- nonethical — not related to ethics
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- pathetical — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- pitch line — pitch circle.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.