10-letter words containing r, e, a, l, t
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lead track — a track connecting a railroad yard or facility with a main line or running track.
- leaderette — (US) a short editorial, or a paragraph in an editorial.
- leaf trace — a strand of fluid-carrying vascular tissue extending from the main stem to the base of a leaf.
- leafcutter — Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.
- leafleteer — a person who writes or distributes leaflets.
- leafletter — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- 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.
- leathersex — The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- left brace — (character) "". {ASCII character 123. Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: opening brace. Rare: brace ("}" >INTERCAL: embrace ("}" = bracelet). Paired with right brace ("}").
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- left heart — the half of the heart containing the left ventricle and left atrium, which supply oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
- lefthander — Alternative spelling of left-hander.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- letter man — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- lettergram — (historical) A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority.
- letterhead — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liberalist — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberality — the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberative — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- 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.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- like water — lavishly; freely
- line eater — (messaging) 1. A bug in some now-obsolete versions of the Usenet software that used to eat up to BUFSIZ bytes of the article text. The bug was triggered by having the text of the article start with a space or tab. This bug was quickly personified as a mythical creature called the "line eater", and postings often included a dummy line of "line eater food". Ironically, line eater "food" not beginning with a space or tab wasn't actually eaten, since the bug was avoided; but if there *was* a space or tab before it, then the line eater would eat the food *and* the beginning of the text it was supposed to be protecting. The practice of "sacrificing to the line eater" continued for some time after the bug had been nailed to the wall, and is still humorously referred to. The bug itself is still (in mid-1991) occasionally reported to be lurking in some mail-to-netnews gateways. 2. NSA line eater.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.