10-letter words containing m, l, i, s
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- qualmishly — In a qualmish manner.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- remediless — not admitting of remedy, as disease, trouble, damage, etc.; unremediable.
- remissible — that may be remitted.
- remissibly — in a remissible or forgivable manner
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resembling — to be like or similar to.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- salicylism — poisoning by aspirin
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.