10-letter words containing t, e, l, h, i
- lead white — a poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- level with — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- liebknecht — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, German socialist leader.
- 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.
- 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.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- 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.
- lilienthal — David E(ly) 1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.
- lily-white — white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- litherness — (obsolete) Wickedness.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithotrite — an instrument for performing lithotrity.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- live birth — the birth of a living child