10-letter words containing h, e, m, l, o
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.
- lye hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- mellophone — a marching or military band brass instrument similar in appearance and range to the French horn but slightly smaller and simpler to play.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- 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.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- michelozzo — full name Michelozzo di Bartolommeo. 1396–1472, Italian architect and sculptor. His most important design was the Palazzo Riccardo for the Medici family in Florence (1444–59)
- 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.
- monohulled — (nautical) Having a single hull.
- monomethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single methyl group in a molecule.
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- moon shell — any marine gastropod of the family Naticidae, having a rounded, short-spired, smooth shell.
- more-welsh — of or relating to Wales, its people, or their language.
- morpholine — a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motherless — a female parent.
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- motherload — A very large amount of something valuable.
- motherlode — (literally) The main, central lode of a natural resource, near which smaller deposits of the same ore etc. exist.
- motherwell — Robert, 1915–91, U.S. painter.
- mouse-hole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mouth feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- mouth-feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- mush-melon — muskmelon.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- mythologem — a basic theme, as of revenge, self-sacrifice, or betrayal, that is shared by cultures throughout the world.
- mythologer — A mythologist.