10-letter words containing o, s, i, r
- kiloliters — Plural form of kiloliter.
- kilolitres — Plural form of kilolitre.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- koeksister — (South Africa) A traditional Malay confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- 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.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- 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.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- 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
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- lordliness — The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- louis riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.