10-letter words containing s, t, e, l
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lodestones — Plural form of lodestone.
- lodgements — Plural form of lodgement.
- lonesomest — Superlative form of lonesome.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of longlist.
- longstreet — James, 1821–1904, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- loom-state — (of a woven cotton fabric) not yet dyed
- loose smut — a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lorgnettes — Plural form of lorgnette.
- los teques — a city in N Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lust after — desire sexually
- lusterless — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterware — ceramic ware covered with a luster.
- lustreless — (chiefly UK) alternative spelling of lusterless.
- lustreware — Alternative spelling of lusterware.
- lut desert — Dasht-e-Lut.
- lute stern — a transom stern used on small boats, having an open after extension for breaking up seas coming from astern.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- luxuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxuriate.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- mandelstam — Osip Emilyevich, 1892–1938? Russian acmeist poet and essayist.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manstealer — A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
- masterable — Possible to master; able to be mastered.
- masterless — Lacking or deprived of a master.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- matterless — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- medallists — Plural form of medallist.