10-letter words containing t, o, h, l, e
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- 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.
- 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.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- 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.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- love hotel — (esp in Japan) a hotel where rooms can be hired by the hour by amorous couples
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- lower hutt — an industrial town in New Zealand on the S coast of North Island. Pop: 100 300 (2004 est)
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monomethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single methyl group in a molecule.
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motherless — a female parent.
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- motherload — A very large amount of something valuable.
- motherlode — (literally) The main, central lode of a natural resource, near which smaller deposits of the same ore etc. exist.
- motherwell — Robert, 1915–91, U.S. painter.
- mouth feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- mouth-feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- mythologem — a basic theme, as of revenge, self-sacrifice, or betrayal, that is shared by cultures throughout the world.
- mythologer — A mythologist.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- net blotch — a disease of barley, characterized by a brown, netlike discoloration of the leaves, caused by fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- non-lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- nonathlete — a person who is not an athlete
- nonethical — not related to ethics