10-letter words containing m, i, l, c
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
- imbalanced — If you describe a situation as imbalanced, you mean that the elements within it are not evenly or fairly arranged.
- imbecility — an instance or point of weakness; feebleness; incapability.
- immaculacy — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immaculate — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immiscible — not miscible; incapable of being mixed.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impeccable — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- implacable — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implacably — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implicated — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- implicitly — implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- inclemency — (of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- inimicable — adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- inimically — adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- involucrum — involucre.
- islamicist — a specialist in the study of Islam
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- lacemaking — the art, act, or process of making lace.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lacrimator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lamarckian — of or relating to Jean de Lamarck or his theory of organic evolution.
- lamarckism — the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leuchaemia — leukaemia
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- like magic — very quickly
- limacology — the study of slugs
- limberneck — a fatal infection of botulism affecting birds, especially chickens and ducks, characterized by weakness of the neck muscles and inability to eat.
- lime juice — sharp-tasting juice of limes