10-letter words containing c, l, o, s, e, m
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- micromoles — Plural form of micromole.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- miscolored — to give a wrong color to.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- mislocated — to 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.
- mollescent — softening or tending to soften.
- monoclines — Plural form of monocline.
- monocycles — Plural form of monocycle.
- monostelic — having an individual or sole stele or cylindrical part in the middle of the stem or root of a plant that contains tubular-like vessels
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- moose call — whalesong
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- myelocytes — Plural form of myelocyte.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nucleosome — any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- sarcolemma — the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber.
- scale moss — any thalloid liverwort.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- scleroderm — a fish of the sclerodermi tribe
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- semi-colon — A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- semiologic — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- someplaces — somewhere
- somnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- storm cell — an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.