10-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- laminboard — A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lar gibbon — white-handed gibbon.
- latrotoxin — (biochemistry) Any of a group of neurotoxins found in the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lienholder — a person who has a lien on particular property.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- liner note — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lipotropin — a large polypeptide of the pituitary gland from which endorphins and other endogenous opiates are thought to derive.
- lisinopril — A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class, primarily used in the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, and certain complications of diabetes.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- livingroom — Alternative form of 'living room'.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- logrolling — U.S. Politics. the exchange of support or favors, especially by legislators for mutual political gain as by voting for each other's bills.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- long drink — a drink containing a large quantity of non-alcoholic beverage
- long rifle — Kentucky rifle.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lordliness — The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
- lorenzetti — Ambrogio [ahm-braw-jaw] /ɑmˈbrɔ dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), c1319–48, and his brother, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA) c1305–48, Italian painters.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- loundering — a beating
- loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- main store — main memory
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court