10-letter words containing o, l, e, a, g
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- graveolent — That has a rank smell.
- gressorial — adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.
- guadeloupe — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gyneolatry — The adoration or worship of women.
- halogenate — to treat or combine with a halogen.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- hang loose — to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- homologate — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
- idealogies — Misspelling of ideologies.
- intaglioed — Simple past tense and past participle of intaglio.
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- kalgoorlie — a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lag b'omer — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lager lout — a rowdy or aggressive young drunk male
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- laloplegia — paralysis of the speech organs in which the tongue is not affected.
- langoustes — Plural form of langouste.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- le-allegro — L'Allegro.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- legionella — a genus of rod- or coccus-shaped aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, certain species of which, as L. pneumophila, produce legionnaires' disease.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- like a log — without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- llangollen — a town in NE Wales, in Denbighshire on the River Dee: International Musical Eisteddfod held annually since 1946. Pop: 2930 (2001)
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- loggerhead — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logic gate — gate1 (def 16b).