10-letter words containing l, s, m
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- nettlesome — causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nimbleness — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- nominalism — (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def 5a).
- nominalist — An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
- non-muslim — not of or relating to Islam, its doctrines, culture, etc
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normalised — normalisation
- normaliser — Alternative spelling of normalizer.
- normalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of normalize.
- normalness — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nrem sleep — slow-wave sleep.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nucleosome — any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.
- numberless — innumerable; countless; myriad.
- numbskulls — Plural form of numbskull.
- numerously — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinously — In a numinous manner.
- nummulites — Plural form of nummulite.
- numskulled — Alternative form of numbskulled.
- obsoletism — A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
- off limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
- off-limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
- old master — an eminent artist of an earlier period, especially from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
- old-boyism — support of or participation in an old-boy network.
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- 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.
- oogamously — by means of oogamy
- 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
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.