10-letter words containing l, e, d, s
- ml threads — SML/NJ with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in Modula-2+ and Mesa. Written by Greg Morrisett <[email protected]>. Implementations for Motorola 68020, SPARC and MIPS and VAX- and MIPS-based multiprocessors.
- modalities — the quality or state of being modal.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- mortalised — Simple past tense and past participle of mortalise.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- multisided — Having multiple sides.
- multispeed — Capable of operating at multiple speeds.
- multitudes — Plural form of multitude.
- muscadelle — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- musclehead — a muscular man, esp. one who is involved in bodybuilding, weight lifting, etc.
- mussel bed — an area on the sea bed where mussels are bred
- mutualised — Simple past tense and past participle of mutualise.
- needlecase — A case in which needles are kept.
- needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
- needlessly — unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.
- nesselrode — a mixture of preserved fruits, nuts, etc., used as a sauce or in pies, puddings, ice cream, or the like.
- newsdealer — a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.
- nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonsulfide — (of minerals) not containing a sulfide.
- normalised — normalisation
- nose-bleed — bleeding from the nose.
- nosebleeds — Plural form of nosebleed.
- novell dos — (operating system, product) Novell's fully compatible alternative to MS-DOS. It is intended as an operating system for workstations on Novell networks. It features enhanced memory management that moves the operating system, network drivers, and memory-resident programs (TSRs) out of conventional memory on all systems with an Intel 80286 or later processor and extended memory or expanded memory. It supports preemptive multitasking and peer-to-peer networking using the same DOS Requester and VLMs for a "common client" with native Novell NetWare. A data compression utility effectively doubles storage capacity of the hard disk. It supports disk defragmentation, a read/write disk cache for better performance of both DOS and Microsoft Windows application programs. An undelete utility recovers erased files, even on network drives. It has a complete on-line reference guide, command help, and menu-driven install and setup utilities for easy configuration changes. Novell DOS has internal and external commands like MS-DOS. The following commands have been significantly enhanced in Novell DOS: CHKDSK, DISKCOPY, HELP, MEM, REPLACE, UNDELETE, and XCOPY. Novell DOS also includes many new commands such as XDIR, CURSOR, XDEL, TOUCH, SCRIPT, and RENDIR. Version: 7.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- numskulled — Alternative form of numbskulled.
- obsolesced — Simple past tense and past participle of obsolesce.
- odalisques — Plural form of odalisque.
- oestradiol — Alternative spelling of estradiol.
- oiled silk — silk treated with oil to make it waterproof
- old master — an eminent artist of an earlier period, especially from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
- old sledge — all fours (def 2).
- old stager — stager (def 1).
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outdazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdazzle.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- overclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcloud.
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedipalpus — the second paired appendage in Arachnida