10-letter words containing t, r, a, l
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lord acton — Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron) 1834–1902, English historian.
- lordolatry — the veneration or worship of a lord
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lothair ii — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- 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.
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- lucubrator — One who lucubrates.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lust after — desire sexually
- lusterware — ceramic ware covered with a luster.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lustreware — Alternative spelling of lusterware.
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxuriate.
- luxury tax — a tax on certain goods or services not considered essential and usually relatively high in price.
- lycra lout — an aggressive urban cyclist who disregards the rules of the road
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lysistrata — a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- maculature — (dated) Blotting paper.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- magistrals — Plural form of magistral.
- mail train — a train that transports letters, packages, etc
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- maltreated — Simple past tense and past participle of maltreat.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- manstealer — A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
- manteltree — a wooden or stone lintel over the opening of a fireplace.
- mantletree — a wooden or stone lintel over the opening of a fireplace.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- map turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Graptemys, as G. geographica, of the eastern and central U.S., usually having yellow stripes on the head and neck.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.