10-letter words containing a, f, m, i, s
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- make as if — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- manifested — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifester — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- medusafish — a stromateid fish, Icichthys lockingtoni, of deep waters off the coast of California, living as a commensal in and about medusas.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- mineshafts — Plural form of mineshaft.
- misfashion — To form or fashion wrongly.
- misfeature — a distorted feature.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- myofascial — Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
- neofascism — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- pacificism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- samariform — having the form of a samara.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
- semifeudal — partly feudal
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- smithcraft — the work or craft of a smith
- smyrna fig — a variety of the common fig, Ficus carica, that requires caprification in order to produce fruit.
- squamiform — shaped like a scale.
- stand firm — be resolute
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- strip farm — a tract of land where strip cropping is done.
- unmanifest — Psychoanalysis. of or relating to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.