10-letter words containing r, e, t, i, l
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- like water — lavishly; freely
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- 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.
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- 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.
- linguister — an interpreter
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- literacies — Plural form of literacy.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literalist — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literality — the quality or state of being literal; literalness.
- literalize — to make literal; interpret literally.
- literarily — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literately — able to read and write.
- literateur — Alternative spelling of litterateur.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- literatuer — Obsolete form of literature.
- literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- litherness — (obsolete) Wickedness.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithotrite — an instrument for performing lithotrity.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- litter bin — trash can
- litter box — a sanitary indoor box for pets (esp cats) to dispose urine and faeces
- litterally — Obsolete form of literally.
- litteratim — literatim.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- littermate — one of a pair or group of animals born or reared in the same litter.
- live birth — the birth of a living child
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- liverwurst — a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.
- livescript — JavaScript
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- 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.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.