10-letter words containing t, e, g
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- left stage — the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience.
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- legal list — a list of investments that fiduciaries and certain institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, are legally authorized to make.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalities — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- legibility — Also, legibleness. the state or quality of being legible.
- legislated — Simple past tense and past participle of legislate.
- legislates — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimise — to make legitimate.
- legitimism — a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.
- legitimist — a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.
- legitimize — to make legitimate.
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- lengthened — Simple past tense and past participle of lengthen.
- lengthener — A person or thing that lengthens something.
- lengthless — Without length.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lentigines — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- lettergram — (historical) A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- leyte gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, in the SE Philippines, between Samar and Leyte islands: U.S.-Japanese naval battle 1944.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- ligamental — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ligament.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- light beer — beer with a lower alcohol content than average
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light line — the line or level to which a ship or boat sinks when fully supplied with fuel and ballast but without cargo.
- light meat — any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken (distinguished from red meat).
- light pipe — optical fibre
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- 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.
- lighten up — be less serious
- lightening — the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.