10-letter words containing m, o, c
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lacrimator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lactometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- limacology — the study of slugs
- limicoline — shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- limoncello — A lemon-flavored Italian liqueur.
- lincomycin — a toxic antibiotic, C 18 H 34 N 2 O 6 S, isolated from Streptomyces lincolnensis, used in its hydrochloride form for the treatment of serious Gram-positive penicillin-resistant infections.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lmgtfy.com — (humour, web) A somewhat sarcastic web service that animates the action of searching on Google. Instead of displaying the search results, the site creates a self-referential URL like that takes you to a page showing an animation of the actions of clicking in the Google search box, entering some text and clicking the submit button. It then takes you to the results on Google. The link is intended be sent to in answer to a question that could easily have been answered by Google. It is a more polite, if long-winded, way of saying JFGI or STFW. In the belief that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, the service helps the recipient to help himself while succinctly conveying the message that he is too stupid to use Google.
- local time — the time based on the meridian through a specific place, as a city, in contrast to that of the time zone within which the place is located; the time in a specific place as compared to that of another place to the east or west.
- loch morar — a lake in W Scotland, in the SW Highlands: the deepest in Scotland. Length: 18 km (11 miles). Depth: 296 m (987 ft)
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- locomobile — automotive; self-propelling.
- locomoting — to move about, especially under one's own power.
- locomotion — the act or power of moving from place to place.
- locomotive — a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
- locomotors — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- locomotory — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- locutorium — parlor (def 4).
- logic bomb — (programming, security) Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met. Compare back door.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- low-income — of or relating to those with a relatively small income.
- loxodromic — noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- m-commerce — business that is conducted on the Internet through the use of cell phones or other wireless, handheld electronic devices.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.