10-letter words containing o, i, l, t, h
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypoptilum — (ornithology) An aftershaft.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inhalation — an act or instance of inhaling.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lanthanoid — (inorganic chemistry) lanthanide.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- 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.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- light into — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- linlithgow — former name of West Lothian.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- 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).
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- lithosols' — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- lithotrite — an instrument for performing lithotrity.
- lithotrity — the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.