10-letter words containing t, e, l, i
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lacerative — Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lanthanide — any element of the lanthanide series.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- late latin — the Latin of the late Western Roman Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 150 to 700. Abbreviation: LL.
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lead paint — paint containing lead
- 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
- leafleting — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- left field — Baseball. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate. the position of the player covering this area.
- left-click — To left-click or to left-click on something means to press the left-hand button on a computer mouse.
- left-field — Baseball. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate. the position of the player covering this area.
- 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.