10-letter words containing m, s, h, e, l
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homologues — Plural form of homologue.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- humilities — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- ishmaelite — a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- manhandles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manhandle.
- marshalers — Plural form of marshaler.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaller — Alternative spelling of marshaler.
- marshalsea — the court of the marshal of the royal household.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- metalsmith — a person skilled in making articles of metal.
- methuselah — a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.