10-letter words containing t, r, a, l
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- kurt alder — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1902–58, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lacerative — Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacretelle — Jacques de [zhahk duh] /ʒɑk də/ (Show IPA), 1888–1985, French novelist.
- lacrimator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lactometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lager lout — a rowdy or aggressive young drunk male
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lamestream — noting or relating to traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking the fairness, creativity, etc., of independent online news sources.
- lance rest — a support for a couched lance, fixed to the breastplate of a suit of armor.
- land grant — a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lanosterol — a sterol, C 30 H 50 O, formed from squalene epoxide, that is a precursor in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is a component of lanolin.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- laparotomy — incision through the abdominal wall.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapse rate — the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.
- lapstrakes — Plural form of lapstrake.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- laryngitic — Pertaining to or suffering from laryngitis.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- last straw — the last of a succession of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc., that leads to a loss of patience, a disaster, etc.: He has been late before, but this is the last straw.
- late greek — the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbreviation: LGk.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
- lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.