10-letter words containing m, s, h, e, l
- milkfishes — Plural form of milkfish.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- mishandled — Simple past tense and past participle of mishandle.
- mishandles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishandle.
- ml threads — SML/NJ with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in Modula-2+ and Mesa. Written by Greg Morrisett <[email protected]>. Implementations for Motorola 68020, SPARC and MIPS and VAX- and MIPS-based multiprocessors.
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- moon shell — any marine gastropod of the family Naticidae, having a rounded, short-spired, smooth shell.
- more-welsh — of or relating to Wales, its people, or their language.
- motherless — a female parent.
- mouse-hole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mule chest — a low chest with drawers, mounted on a low frame.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- musclehead — a muscular man, esp. one who is involved in bodybuilding, weight lifting, etc.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- mush-melon — muskmelon.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
- rhythmless — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- semilethal — a semilethal gene
- shamefully — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- sheetmetal — metal in sheets or thin plates.
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- shell game — a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
- shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- so help me — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- st.-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- sun helmet — a rigid hat worn in tropical climates, mainly in the past
- telemachus — the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.
- themselves — reflexive
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- wholesomer — Comparative form of wholesome.
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