10-letter words containing o, r, a, t, e
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lanosterol — a sterol, C 30 H 50 O, formed from squalene epoxide, that is a precursor in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is a component of lanolin.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lattermost — latest; last.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lazarettos — Plural form of lazaretto.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberators — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loadmaster — an aircrew member responsible for the loading and stowage of cargo aboard an aircraft.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- macrobiote — a person with a long life
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrometer — An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- main store — main memory
- major term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- majorettes — Plural form of majorette.
- majorities — Plural form of majority.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.