10-letter words containing l, i, s, o, m
- on impulse — instinctively
- ontologism — the doctrine that the human intellect has an immediate cognition of God as its proper object and the principle of all its cognitions.
- organismal — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- orismology — the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.
- osmolality — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- schoolmaid — a schoolgirl
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- seismology — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- semeiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- 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-solid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semiologic — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- sesame oil — a yellow oil expressed from the seeds of the sesame, used in cooking, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simoniacal — a person who practices simony.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.