10-letter words containing r, e, l, t, o
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- 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.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- liner note — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithotrite — an instrument for performing lithotrity.
- litter box — a sanitary indoor box for pets (esp cats) to dispose urine and faeces
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- loadmaster — an aircrew member responsible for the loading and stowage of cargo aboard an aircraft.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lobstermen — Plural form of lobsterman.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- long metre — a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns
- longstreet — James, 1821–1904, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- 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.
- lorenzetti — Ambrogio [ahm-braw-jaw] /ɑmˈbrɔ dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), c1319–48, and his brother, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA) c1305–48, Italian painters.
- lorgnettes — Plural form of lorgnette.
- 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.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- lower hutt — an industrial town in New Zealand on the S coast of North Island. Pop: 100 300 (2004 est)
- 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.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- martellato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) heavily accented and detached.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- melitriose — raffinose.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- meterology — Misspelling of meteorology.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).