10-letter words containing t, e, l, i
- 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.
- 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
- leistering — Present participle of leister.
- leitmotifs — Plural form of leitmotif.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lemon mint — a plant, Mentha piperita, of the central U.S., having white or pinkish flowers and lemon-scented leaves when crushed.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lenitively — In a lenitive manner.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentigines — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- lentissimo — very slow.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- lepidolite — a mineral of the mica group, potassium lithium aluminum silicate, commonly occurring in lilac, rose-colored, or whitish scaly masses: an ore of lithium.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- let it rip — If you let it rip, you do something forcefully and without trying to control yourself.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- level with — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- 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.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- lewis bolt — an anchor bolt having a conical base around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it.
- lexicality — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- liberalist — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberality — the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberative — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.