10-letter words containing r, e, t, i, l
- 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.
- 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.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- 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.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- 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
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- 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.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- let it rip — If you let it rip, you do something forcefully and without trying to control yourself.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- 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.
- libertines — Plural form of libertine.
- librettist — the writer of a libretto.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- 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.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- light beer — beer with a lower alcohol content than average
- 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.