10-letter words containing s, h, e, l
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- legharness — armor for the leg, sometimes including that for the foot.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- lengthless — Without length.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- les halles — (formerly) the large, central, wholesale food market area of Paris, France.
- lethalness — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- lexiphanes — Plural form of lexiphane.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- 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.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- litherness — (obsolete) Wickedness.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- loose head — the prop on the hooker's left in the front row of a scrum
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- manhandles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manhandle.
- marshalers — Plural form of marshaler.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaller — Alternative spelling of marshaler.
- marshalsea — the court of the marshal of the royal household.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.