10-letter words starting with li
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- lisinopril — A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class, primarily used in the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, and certain complications of diabetes.
- lisp-linda — P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988.
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- listenable — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- 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
- litter box — a sanitary indoor box for pets (esp cats) to dispose urine and faeces
- litterally — Obsolete form of literally.
- litteratim — literatim.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- littermate — one of a pair or group of animals born or reared in the same litter.