10-letter words containing m, i, s
- lineswomen — Plural form of lineswoman.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- lobotomies — Plural form of lobotomy.
- lobotomise — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomist — to perform a lobotomy on.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- 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
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- 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
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- macadamias — Plural form of macadamia.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- 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.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- macroseism — A severe earthquake.
- macrosomia — (pathology) The state (of a foetus or neonate) of being abnormally large.
- macrosomic — (pathology) Relating to or affected by macrosomia.
- madeleines — Plural form of madeleine.
- madonnaish — resembling a Madonna
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- magazinist — a person who writes for or edits a magazine.
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.