10-letter words containing a, s, m, u
- masherbrum — a mountain in N India, in the Himalayas. 25,660 feet (7821 meters).
- masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- massapequa — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- massasauga — a small rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, ranging from the Great Lakes to the Mexican border.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- masturbate — to engage in masturbation.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- maupassant — (Henri René Albert) Guy de [ahn-ree ruh-ney al-ber gee duh] /ɑ̃ˈri rəˈneɪ alˈbɛr gi də/ (Show IPA), 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- 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.
- measurable — capable of being measured.
- measurably — capable of being measured.
- measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- meat house — a smokehouse.
- medusafish — a stromateid fish, Icichthys lockingtoni, of deep waters off the coast of California, living as a commensal in and about medusas.
- medusahead — A type of bristly grass native to Europe.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- megafaunas — Plural form of megafauna.
- megajoules — Plural form of megajoule.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- melaleucas — Plural form of melaleuca.
- 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.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- mensurable — measurable.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metahumans — Plural form of metahuman.
- metatarsus — the part of a foot or hind limb, especially its bony structure, included between the tarsus and the toes or phalanges.
- methuselah — a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
- 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.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.