10-letter words containing lie
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- in lieu of — place; stead.
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- kalgoorlie — a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.
- lavalliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lie behind — If you refer to what lies behind a situation or event, you are referring to the reason the situation exists or the event happened.
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- liebermann — Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1847–1935, German painter and etcher.
- liebknecht — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, German socialist leader.
- liege lord — a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- lienholder — a person who has a lien on particular property.
- lieutenant — Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
- lilienthal — David E(ly) 1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.
- low relief — bas-relief.
- mealie pap — mealie porridge
- misapplied — mistakenly applied; used wrongly.
- misapplies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapply.
- misbeliefs — Plural form of misbelief.
- misbelieve — to believe wrongly; hold an erroneous belief.
- miss julie — a play (1888) by Strindberg.
- monopolies — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- muliebrity — womanly nature or qualities.
- multiplied — to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multiplies — Plural form of multiply.
- non-client — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- out-relief — public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
- plevneliev — Rosen. born 1964, Bulgarian politician: president of Bulgaria from 2012
- potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
- prosilient — prominent
- relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
- reliefless — lacking or deprived of relief
- relievable — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- relievedly — in a relieved manner
- resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resiliency — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- sicilienne — a type of silk material
- sinhailien — Xinhailian.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.