10-letter words containing m, a, s, n
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lesbianism — homosexual relations between women.
- lineaments — Plural form of lineament.
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- maasbanker — (South Africa) A species of edible mackerel, Trachurus trachurus.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- machinists — Plural form of machinist.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- madagascan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Capital: Antananarivo.
- madeleines — Plural form of madeleine.
- madonnaish — resembling a Madonna
- magallanes — Punta Arenas.
- magazinist — a person who writes for or edits a magazine.
- magistrand — a fourth-year university student
- magnetised — Simple past tense and past participle of magnetise.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- mahoganies — Plural form of mahogany.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- maimonides — (Moses ben Maimon"RaMBaM") 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- main store — main memory
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- mainstream — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- maisonette — a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- make sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- male nurse — man who is a medical attendant
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malignants — Plural form of malignant.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- mallanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- mallenders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.