10-letter words containing a, m, e, s, l
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- instalment — the act of installing.
- ishmaelite — a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
- isoaminile — a drug formerly used to suppress coughing. Formula: C16H24N2
- isoseismal — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jump leads — Jump leads are two thick wires that can be used to start a car when its battery does not have enough power. The jump leads are used to connect the battery to the battery of another car that is working properly.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lacemakers — Plural form of lacemaker.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lamaseries — Plural form of lamasery.
- lamebrains — Plural form of lamebrain.
- lamestream — noting or relating to traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking the fairness, creativity, etc., of independent online news sources.
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- landmasses — Plural form of landmass.
- laser beam — a beam of radiation produced from a laser, used in surgery, communications, weapons systems, printing, recording and various industrial processes.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lattermost — latest; last.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- legwarmers — Plural form of legwarmer.
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lemon soda — a sweet fizzy drink that tastes of lemon
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lesbianism — homosexual relations between women.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- 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.
- like lambs — If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting.
- lime glass — inexpensive glass containing a large proportion of lime, used for making cheap glasses, windowpanes, etc.
- lineaments — Plural form of lineament.
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- loadmaster — an aircrew member responsible for the loading and stowage of cargo aboard an aircraft.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- loom-state — (of a woven cotton fabric) not yet dyed
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- lossmakers — Plural form of lossmaker.