10-letter words containing m, i, s, h, t
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- ishmaelite — a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- john smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- jump-shift — a jump bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- king-smith — Ronald Gordon, known as Dick. 1922–2011, British writer for children; his numerous books include The Sheep Pig (1984) and the Sophie series
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- 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.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- masochists — Plural form of masochist.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- mattathias — died 167? b.c, Jewish priest in Judea (father of Judas Maccabaeus).
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- metaethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metalsmith — a person skilled in making articles of metal.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metathesis — the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buh l] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ (Show IPA) for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ (Show IPA) for ask.
- methodists — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.