10-letter words containing l, e, m, n
- revilement — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- 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.
- roman mile — a unit of length used by the ancient Romans, equivalent to about 1620 yards (1480 meters).
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- 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.
- salamander — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmanaser — a large wine bottle containing 2.10 gallons
- salmonella — any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract of humans and other mammals in contaminated food and cause abdominal pains and violent diarrhea.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- san manuel — a town in S Arizona.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sand smelt — variety of saltwater fish
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seemliness — fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous: Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly.
- seldomness — rareness
- self-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- 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.
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
- semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- semilucent — partially translucent
- sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
- settlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- sex manual — a book which explains how to perform sexual intercourse and other sexual practices
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- single man — an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.
- sinsemilla — marijuana from seedless female hemp plants that contain very high levels of THC.
- slam dance — a dance performed to punk rock by groups of people who flail and toss themselves about and slam into one another.
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- small cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnness — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- somnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- 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.