10-letter words containing l, g, e
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- like a log — without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)
- like magic — very quickly
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lime glass — inexpensive glass containing a large proportion of lime, used for making cheap glasses, windowpanes, etc.
- lime green — bright yellowish-green colour
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- line judge — an official in football, volleyball, tennis, etc who assists the referee by judging whether a ball has gone out of play
- linguister — an interpreter
- 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.
- liquefying — Present participle of liquefy; Alternative spelling of liquifying.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- litigative — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- little dog — the constellation Canis Minor.
- livingness — The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigour; animation.
- llangollen — a town in NE Wales, in Denbighshire on the River Dee: International Musical Eisteddfod held annually since 1946. Pop: 2930 (2001)
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- lodgements — Plural form of lodgement.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- loggerhead — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logic cell — a logic circuit forming part of a chip
- logic gate — gate1 (def 16b).
- login-name — Also called login name, logon name, sign-in name, sign-on name. a unique sequence of characters used to identify a user and allow access to a computer system, computer network, or online account.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- logorrheic — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- logorrhoea — (British spelling) Standard form of logorrhea.
- logrollers — Plural form of logroller.
- lollingite — a mineral, iron arsenide, FeAs 2 , occurring in steel-gray prismatic crystals.
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- long dozen — a dozen plus one; thirteen; baker's dozen.
- long eaton — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 46 490 (2001)
- long green — paper money; cash.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- long jenny — an in-off up the cushion into a far pocket
- long lease — (in England and Wales) a lease, originally for a period of over 21 years, on a whole house of low rent and ratable value, which is the occupants' only or main residence. The leaseholder is entitled to buy the freehold, claim an extension of 50 years, or become a statutory tenant
- long metre — a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns
- long press — (on a tablet or smartphone) the act of pressing one's finger down on an icon or other part of the screen for several seconds, as to activate a task or access additional options.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- long rifle — Kentucky rifle.
- long since — for a long time now
- long-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having more than 15 years to run before redemption
- long-eared — (of an animal) having long ears
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- long-lived — having a long life, existence, or duration: a long-lived man; long-lived fame.