10-letter words containing t, e, l, u
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- leafcutter — Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- 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.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- leyte gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, in the SE Philippines, between Samar and Leyte islands: U.S.-Japanese naval battle 1944.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lieutenant — Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lighten up — be less serious
- 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.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- linguister — an interpreter
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- liquidated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquidate.
- liquidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate.
- literateur — Alternative spelling of litterateur.
- literatuer — Obsolete form of literature.
- literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- little auk — the dovekie, Alle alle.
- live it up — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- live up to — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- liverwurst — a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longtitude — Misspelling of longitude.
- loose smut — a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue
- los teques — a city in N Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- low-budget — made or done on a small or reduced budget; costing relatively little money: a low-budget film.
- lower hutt — an industrial town in New Zealand on the S coast of North Island. Pop: 100 300 (2004 est)
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.