10-letter words containing a, l, s, c
- majusculae — Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
- majuscular — (of letters) uppercase, capitalized.
- majuscules — Plural form of majuscule.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- mallemucks — Plural form of mallemuck.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mccandless — a town in SW Pennsylvania.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- medicinals — Plural form of medicinal.
- megacycles — Plural form of megacycle.
- melaleucas — Plural form of melaleuca.
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- 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.
- mesolectal — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- microsomal — Of or pertaining to a microsome.
- mill scale — scale1 (def 6b).
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misbalance — To balance badly or wrongly.
- miscalling — Present participle of miscall.
- miscatalog — to enter in a catalogue incorrectly
- 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.
- misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monastical — Alternative form of monastic.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- moose call — whalesong
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- mosaically — In the manner of a mosaic.