10-letter words containing l, o, s, e, i
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostelries — Plural form of hostelry.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- idealogies — Misspelling of ideologies.
- ideologies — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- ideologise — to render ideological
- ideologist — an expert in ideology.
- ideologues — Plural form of ideologue.
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- ill-sorted — badly matched; poorly arranged.
- illusioned — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- immobilise — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- immodestly — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- immovables — Plural form of immovable.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- impossible — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- in-solvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- inglenooks — Plural form of inglenook.
- inner sole — a piece of material cut to fit the shape of a shoe and inserted or fixed inside for fit, comfort, or protection
- innersoles — Plural form of innersole.
- inoculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inoculate.
- inosculate — Join by intertwining or fitting closely together.
- inpossible — Obsolete spelling of impossible.
- insociable — unsociable.
- insolently — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- insolvable — incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.
- insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.