10-letter words containing m, u, s, t, a
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- impuissant — lacking strength; feeble; weak.
- jump-start — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- jumpmaster — a person who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists.
- jumpstarts — Plural form of jumpstart.
- kama sutra — a Hindu religious treatise written c. a.d. 400, that deals with pleasure, love, and sexuality
- 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.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- 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.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- mansuetude — mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- marabuntas — Plural form of marabunta.
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- masturbate — to engage in masturbation.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maupassant — (Henri René Albert) Guy de [ahn-ree ruh-ney al-ber gee duh] /ɑ̃ˈri rəˈneɪ alˈbɛr gi də/ (Show IPA), 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- meat house — a smokehouse.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metahumans — Plural form of metahuman.
- metatarsus — the part of a foot or hind limb, especially its bony structure, included between the tarsus and the toes or phalanges.
- methuselah — a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
- miasmatous — producing a miasma
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- mint sauce — Mint sauce is a sauce made from mint leaves, vinegar, and sugar, which is often eaten with lamb.
- miscanthus — any tall perennial bamboo-like grass of the genus Miscanthus, native from southern Africa to SE Asia and cultivated for ornament in temperate regions
- miseducate — to educate improperly.