10-letter words containing a, s, l, o
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- los alamos — a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- loss ratio — the ratio of the losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums earned, usually for a period of one year.
- lossmakers — Plural form of lossmaker.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- loves park — a town in N Illinois.
- low season — The low season is the time of year when a place receives the fewest visitors, and fares and holiday accommodation are often cheaper.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malapropos — inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marrowless — Anatomy. a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- 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.
- mausoleums — Plural form of mausoleum.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- megajoules — Plural form of megajoule.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- melanosome — an organelle in melanocytes that synthesizes and stores melanin.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- melodramas — Plural form of melodrama.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.