10-letter words containing m, o, n, l, e
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malar bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malar-bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malleation — the act of hammering or beating something thin
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- mantellone — a purple mantle extending to the ankles, worn over the cassock by lesser prelates of the papal court.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- meadowland — an area or section of land that is a meadow or is used or kept as a meadow.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- mefloquine — An antimalarial drug consisting of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- melaconite — the massive variety of tenorite
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- melanoderm — a person with dark pigmentation of the skin.
- melanosome — an organelle in melanocytes that synthesizes and stores melanin.
- mellophone — a marching or military band brass instrument similar in appearance and range to the French horn but slightly smaller and simpler to play.
- mellowness — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melodizing — Present participle of melodize.
- melomaniac — One with an abnormal fondness of music.
- melon dome — a hemispherical dome with a circular base and a ribbed vault divided into individual webs, each of which has a baseline curved segmentally in plan and also curved in elevation.
- melon foot — a bun foot having vertical channels.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- melon seed — a small, broad, shallow boat for sailing or rowing, formerly used by hunters in various bays and marshes along the coast of New Jersey.
- melon-bulb — a large, bulbous turning, sometimes with surface carving, found especially on the legs and posts of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- menologies — Plural form of menology.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mesne lord — (in old English law) an intermediate feudal lord; the tenant of a chief lord and a lord to his own tenants.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- metolazone — a thiazide diuretic, C 1 6 H 1 6 ClN 3 O 3 S, used in the treatment of hypertension and as a diuretic in patients with chronic renal failure.
- microcline — a mineral of the feldspar group, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 3 O 8 , identical in composition with orthoclase but having triclinic instead of monoclinic crystals, used in making porcelain.
- microlenat — /mi:"-kroh-len"-*t/ The unit of bogosity, written uL; the consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use. The microLenat, originally invented by David Jefferson, was promulgated as an attack against noted computer scientist Doug Lenat by a tenured graduate student at CMU. Doug had failed the student on an important exam for giving only "AI is bogus" as his answer to the questions. The slur is generally considered unmerited, but it has become a running gag nevertheless. Some of Doug's friends argue that *of course* a microLenat is bogus, since it is only one millionth of a Lenat. Others have suggested that the unit should be redesignated after the grad student, as the microReid.
- middletone — halftone (def 1).
- middletown — a township in E New Jersey.
- milestones — Plural form of milestone.