10-letter words starting with lo
- lord knows — You can say 'Lord knows' to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly.
- lord mayor — (chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.
- lord's day — the, Sunday.
- lordliness — The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
- lordolatry — the veneration or worship of a lord
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lorenzetti — Ambrogio [ahm-braw-jaw] /ɑmˈbrɔ dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), c1319–48, and his brother, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA) c1305–48, Italian painters.
- lorgnettes — Plural form of lorgnette.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lorry load — the amount that can be carried in a lorry
- los alamos — a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- los teques — a city in N Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose color — to become pale
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose sleep — If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lossmakers — Plural form of lossmaker.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lost river — a river that flows into an underground passage or sinkhole.
- lothair ii — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- loud mouth — a loudmouthed person.
- loud pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- loudhailer — (British) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- loudmouths — Plural form of loudmouth.
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- louis riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- louis viii — known as Coeur-de-Lion. 1187–1226, king of France (1223–26). He was offered the English throne by opponents of King John but his invasion failed (1216)
- louis xiii — 1601–43, king of France 1610–43 (son of Henry IV of Navarre).
- louis xvii — ("Louis Charles of France") 1785–95, titular king of France 1793–95 (son of Louis XVI).
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- louisville — a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.
- loundering — a beating
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- loungingly — in a lounging manner
- loup river — a river in E central Nebraska, flowing E to the Platte River. 68 miles (109 km) long.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.