10-letter words containing lit
- kimberlite — Petrology. a variety of micaceous peridotite, low in silica content and high in magnesium content, in which diamonds are formed.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- legalities — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legibility — Also, legibleness. the state or quality of being legible.
- lepidolite — a mineral of the mica group, potassium lithium aluminum silicate, commonly occurring in lilac, rose-colored, or whitish scaly masses: an ore of lithium.
- lexicality — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lherzolite — a peridotite consisting mainly of olivine, with orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene
- liberality — the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- likability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- liminality — the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct, dress, etc.
- linlithgow — former name of West Lothian.
- litchi nut — the brownish, dried litchi fruit.
- literacies — Plural form of literacy.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literalist — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literality — the quality or state of being literal; literalness.
- literalize — to make literal; interpret literally.
- literarily — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literately — able to read and write.
- literateur — Alternative spelling of litterateur.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- 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.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- litherness — (obsolete) Wickedness.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- lithosols' — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- lithotrite — an instrument for performing lithotrity.
- lithotrity — the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.
- lithuanian — of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- litigating — Present participle of litigate.
- litigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigative — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- litigators — Plural form of litigator.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- litter bin — trash can