10-letter words containing l
- admissible — If evidence is admissible, it is allowed in a court of law.
- admissibly — In a manner that is admissible; acceptably.
- admittable — having the ability to be admitted
- admittedly — You use admittedly when you are saying something which weakens the importance or force of your statement.
- admittible — Archaic spelling of admittable.
- adnominals — Plural form of adnominal.
- adobe flat — a gently sloping clayey plain formed by a short-lived stream or flood water
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- adoptively — in an adoptive manner; by adoption
- adrenaline — a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress and increases heart rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure, and raises the blood levels of glucose and lipids. It is extracted from animals or synthesized for such medical uses as the treatment of asthma. Chemical name: aminohydroxyphenylpropionic acid; formula: C9H13NO3
- adrenalise — (British spelling) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
- adrenalize — to stir to action; excite: The promise of victory adrenalized the team.
- adrenalone — An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
- adrianople — Edirne
- adsorbable — Able to be adsorbed.
- adulations — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- adullamite — a person who has withdrawn from a political group and joined with a few others to form a dissident group
- adult home — any of various private residences for former state psychiatric patients, supervised by a department of a state or city government.
- adulterant — a substance or ingredient that adulterates
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- adulterers — Plural form of adulterer.
- adulteress — An adulteress is a woman who commits adultery.
- adulterine — of or made by adulteration; fake
- adulterize — to commit adultery
- adulterous — An adulterous relationship is a sexual relationship between a married person and someone they are not married to. An adulterous person is someone who commits adultery.
- adverbials — Plural form of adverbial.
- adviseable — Alternative spelling of advisable.
- aedileship — the office of an aedile, or the duration of an aedile's term of office
- aedilitian — one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- aemulation — Archaic spelling of emulation.
- aeolipiles — Plural form of aeolipile.
- aeolotropy — the state of substances that do not exhibit the same electrical, optical, or other physical qualities in all directions
- aerial yam — air potato.
- aerialists — Plural form of aerialist.
- aerophilic — (biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen.
- aeroplanes — Plural form of aeroplane.
- aeroshells — Plural form of aeroshell.
- aerosolise — (transitive) To disperse a material, usually a solid or liquid, as an aerosol.
- aerosolize — to disperse as, or convert into, an aerosol
- aeschylean — 525–456 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- aethelstan — Athelstan
- aetiologic — Of or pertaining to an aetiology.
- affability — pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
- affectable — having the ability to be influenced or affected by something
- affectedly — assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
- affectible — Alternative form of affectable.
- affectless — showing no emotion or concern for others
- afferently — in a manner moving to the centre or inwards
- affiliable — having the ability to be attributed to
- affiliated — If an organization is affiliated with another larger organization, it is officially connected with the larger organization or is a member of it.