10-letter words containing t, o, r, i, l
- girl scout — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of an organization of girls (Girl Scouts) founded in the U.S. in 1912 by Juliette Low that seeks to develop certain skills, as well as health, citizenship, and character.
- gladiators — Plural form of gladiator.
- glossarist — Someone who writes a glossary.
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- grottolike — Having the appearance of a grotto.
- grow light — a fluorescent light bulb designed to emit light of a wavelength conducive to plant growth.
- gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
- gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- habilatory — relating to clothes or dressed in clothes
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliometer — a telescope with a divided, adjustable objective, formerly used to measure small angular distances, as those between celestial bodies.
- heliometry — The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hostelries — Plural form of hostelry.
- humiliator — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- iconolatry — the worship or adoration of icons.
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- idolatrize — (transitive) To make an idol of; to idolize.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- ill-sorted — badly matched; poorly arranged.
- illustrous — (obsolete, rare) Without lustre.