10-letter words containing t, u, l, i
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- 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
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistic — of or relating to linguistics.
- linguistry — the study of language
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- liquidated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquidate.
- liquidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate.
- liquidator — a person who liquidates assets, especially one authorized to do so by a court of law.
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- litchi nut — the brownish, dried litchi fruit.
- 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.
- lithuanian — of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- little auk — the dovekie, Alle alle.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- liturgists — Plural form of liturgist.
- 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.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- locutorium — parlor (def 4).
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longtitude — Misspelling of longitude.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- 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.
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lusitanian — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxuriate.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.