10-letter words containing n, t, m
- lambasting — to beat or whip severely.
- lamentable — that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
- lamentably — that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
- laminating — Present participle of laminate.
- lamination — act or process of laminating; the state of being laminated.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- leatherman — A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and wear, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lemon mint — a plant, Mentha piperita, of the central U.S., having white or pinkish flowers and lemon-scented leaves when crushed.
- lemon tree — plant: bears lemons
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lentamente — slowly.
- lentissimo — very slow.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- letter man — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- ligamental — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ligament.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- limestones — Plural form of limestone.
- liminality — the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct, dress, etc.
- limitarian — a person who regards salvation as limited to only a part of mankind
- limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- limitingly — In a limiting manner.
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- lineaments — Plural form of lineament.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- little man — the common or ordinary person.
- little men — the common or ordinary person.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lobstermen — Plural form of lobsterman.
- locomoting — to move about, especially under one's own power.
- locomotion — the act or power of moving from place to place.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- lodgements — Plural form of lodgement.
- lonesomest — Superlative form of lonesome.
- long metre — a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- 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.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.