10-letter words containing a, s, i, m, u
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- immeasured — immeasurable
- impaludism — a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas
- impuissant — lacking strength; feeble; weak.
- in summary — to sum up, to conclude
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- insularism — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insulinoma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- maki-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- manichaeus — Mani
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- mannequins — Plural form of mannequin.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- marinus ii — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- 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.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- miasmatous — producing a miasma
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.