10-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- lineswomen — Plural form of lineswoman.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- lions book — (publication) "Source Code and Commentary on Unix level 6", by John Lions. The two parts of this book contained the entire source listing of the Unix Version 6 kernel, and a commentary on the source discussing the algorithms. These were circulated internally at the University of New South Wales beginning 1976-77, and were, for years after, the *only* detailed kernel documentation available to anyone outside Bell Labs. Because Western Electric wished to maintain trade secret status on the kernel, the Lions book was never formally published and was only supposed to be distributed to affiliates of source licensees (it is still possible to get a Bell Labs reprint of the book by sending a copy of a V6 source licence to the right person at Bellcore, but *real* insiders have the UNSW edition). In spite of this, it soon spread by samizdat to a good many of the early Unix hackers. In 1996 it was reprinted as a "classic":
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisinopril — A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class, primarily used in the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, and certain complications of diabetes.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithosols' — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- livingston — Robert R. 1746–1813, U.S. political figure and jurist.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lobotomies — Plural form of lobotomy.
- lobotomise — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomist — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- local sign — the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logistical — of or relating to logistics.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- loneliness — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- long since — for a long time now
- longicorns — Plural form of longicorn.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of longlist.
- lookalikes — Plural form of lookalike.
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- lordliness — The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.