10-letter words containing l
- altar call — an evangelist preacher's invitation at the end of the sermon, asking people to come forward to acknowledge a conversion.
- altar card — one of three cards having certain portions of the Mass printed on them, placed upright on the altar to assist the memory of the celebrant.
- altar girl — a female altar server.
- altar rail — a rail around or in front of the altar table in church, often cushioned on top, at which worshippers kneel to take communion or vows
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- altazimuth — an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of a celestial body by the horizontal and vertical rotation of a telescope
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- alto flute — a large flute pitched a perfect fourth lower than an ordinary flute.
- altocumuli — Plural form of altocumulus.
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- altostrati — Plural form of altostratus.
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- amatungula — Natal plum.
- amazeballs — an expression of enthusiastic approval
- ambilevous — (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
- ambisexual — relating to or affecting both the male and female sexes
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- ambulacrum — any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambulating — Present participle of ambulate.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- ameloblast — a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel
- amen glass — a British glass of the mid-18th century, having engraved on it a sentiment favoring the cause of the Old Pretender, concluded with the word “Amen.”.
- amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.