10-letter words containing e, n, l, u, m
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- on impulse — instinctively
- plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- polemonium — a member of the genus Polemonium
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- puzzlement — the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- queen palm — a feather palm, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, of South America, having leaves from 7 to 12 feet (2 to 3½ meters) in length, and large, hanging clusters of small fruit.
- reillumine — to light up again, to illumine anew, to reillume
- rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
- san manuel — a town in S Arizona.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semilucent — partially translucent
- sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
- sex manual — a book which explains how to perform sexual intercourse and other sexual practices
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- subelement — a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sun helmet — a rigid hat worn in tropical climates, mainly in the past
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supplyment — the act of supplying; replenishment
- tablemount — guyot
- tegumental — a covering or vestment; integument.
- temulently — in a drunken manner
- tentaculum — a tentacle
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- unamenable — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- unamicable — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- unamusable — not able to be amused or entertained
- uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
- undecimole — a cluster of notes dividing a section of music into eleven equal parts
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unemployed — not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary.
- unexampled — unprecedented; unparalleled; unlike anything previously known: unexampled kindness; unexampled depravity.
- unfarmable — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- unfoldment — to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out: Unfold your arms.
- unhelmeted — (of a cyclist, etc) without a helmet
- unicameral — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
- unidealism — the state of being unidealistic or tendency not to be idealistic
- unimitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- uninflamed — (of a body part, organ, or tissue) not inflamed
- unlamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- unmaidenly — not appropriate for a maiden