10-letter words containing t, e, l, o, a
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lattermost — latest; last.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- lazarettos — Plural form of lazaretto.
- lead on to — If one event or action leads on to another, it causes it or makes it possible.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- leadfooted — awkward; clumsy.
- leamington — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- legislator — a person who gives or makes laws.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- 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.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberators — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- linolenate — a salt or ester of linolenic acid
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- loadmaster — an aircrew member responsible for the loading and stowage of cargo aboard an aircraft.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- local time — the time based on the meridian through a specific place, as a city, in contrast to that of the time zone within which the place is located; the time in a specific place as compared to that of another place to the east or west.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- logic gate — gate1 (def 16b).
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- long eaton — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 46 490 (2001)
- long-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having more than 15 years to run before redemption