10-letter words containing au
- juggernaut — (often lowercase) any large, overpowering, destructive force or object, as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
- just cause — a standard that must be met to justify the disciplining or dismissal of an employee
- keelhauled — Simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul.
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- landaulets — Plural form of landaulet.
- langlaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- laugh away — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- launderers — Plural form of launderer.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laundrette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurel oak — an oak, Quercus laurifolia, of the southeastern U.S., found in moist areas and having shiny dark green leaves.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- lauter tub — a tank for draining off and filtering the wort from grain mash.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- lev landau — Lev Davidovich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] /ˈlyɛf dʌˈvyɛ də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- little auk — the dovekie, Alle alle.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- massasauga — a small rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, ranging from the Great Lakes to the Mexican border.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- maupassant — (Henri René Albert) Guy de [ahn-ree ruh-ney al-ber gee duh] /ɑ̃ˈri rəˈneɪ alˈbɛr gi də/ (Show IPA), 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mauritania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mausoleums — Plural form of mausoleum.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.