10-letter words containing a, g, m, l
- logjamming — the act of logs accumulating in a river and becoming jammed
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
- longmeadow — a town in S Massachusetts.
- loom large — to be very prominent or important
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- m-learning — a form of e-learning designed for mobile phones or tablet computers
- macroalgal — Of, or pertaining to, macroalga.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- magallanes — Punta Arenas.
- magistrals — Plural form of magistral.
- magnetical — (obsolete) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; magnetic.
- magnifical — magnificent; imposing.
- mail merge — (messaging) A function of some word processing software (e.g. Microsoft Word) that produces multiple instances of a document by substituting different text strings from a database in place of certain field markers. This is often done with envelopes, resumes, spam, and various other mass mailings.
- mainlining — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- malacology — the science dealing with the study of mollusks.
- malaguetta — an aromatic African herb of the ginger family
- malaligned — Badly aligned; misaligned.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malignants — Plural form of malignant.
- malignment — a slanderous disparagement or vilification
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- malingerer — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- malpighian — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- manageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- manageably — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- manageless — (archaic) unmanageable.
- managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- map legend — key to symbols on a map
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- mar-a-lago — an estate and resort in Palm Beach, Florida; used by Donald Trump as a presidential retreat
- marginalia — Marginal notes.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- margravial — Of or relating to a margrave.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- mcgonagall — William. 1830–?1902, Scottish writer of doggerel, noted for its bathos, repetitive rhymes, poor scansion, and ludicrous effect