10-letter words containing m, u, s, l, i
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- guillemets — Plural form of guillemet.
- guillemots — Plural form of guillemot.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hoodlumish — like a hoodlum
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- 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.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- illuminism — the doctrines or claims of Illuminati.
- illuminist — the doctrines or claims of Illuminati.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- impaludism — a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- insularism — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insulinoma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- insultment — the act of insulting, or an insult
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- ku kluxism — the doctrines, theories, and practices of the Ku Klux Klan.
- latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.