10-letter words containing a, c, l, e, i, s
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- melismatic — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- mesmerical — Alternative form of mesmeric.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- mill scale — scale1 (def 6b).
- misbalance — To balance badly or wrongly.
- miscellane — A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; maslin; meslin.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- misdeclare — to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy.
- mislocated — to misplace.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- musicalise — (British spelling) To set (a text etc) to music.
- musicalize — to write or produce a musical version of (a book, play, etc.): an attempt to musicalize one of Shakespeare's comedies.
- neoclassic — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- oligoclase — a kind of plagioclase feldspar occurring commonly in white crystals, sometimes shaded with gray, green, or red.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- racialised — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radicalise — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- sacralized — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sale price — discounted cost
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer