10-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lager lout — a rowdy or aggressive young drunk male
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- 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.
- lamestream — noting or relating to traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking the fairness, creativity, etc., of independent online news sources.
- lance rest — a support for a couched lance, fixed to the breastplate of a suit of armor.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- 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.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- lapse rate — the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.
- lapstrakes — Plural form of lapstrake.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- late greek — the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbreviation: LGk.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
- latter-day — of a later or following period: latter-day pioneers.
- lattermath — a second mowing or crop of grass from land that has already been harvested in the same year
- lattermost — latest; last.
- laundrette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lauter tub — a tank for draining off and filtering the wort from grain mash.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- law centre — an office, usually staffed by professional volunteers, at which free legal advice and information are provided to the general public
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lazarettos — Plural form of lazaretto.
- le bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- le creusot — a city in E central France.
- 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.