10-letter words containing o, n, c, a, m
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- insomniacs — Plural form of insomniac.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- lacedaemon — Sparta.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- maine coon — one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- mamaroneck — a city in SE New York.
- mammogenic — exciting or generating mammary development
- mamoncillo — the genip, Melicoccus bijugatus.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mcgonagall — William. 1830–?1902, Scottish writer of doggerel, noted for its bathos, repetitive rhymes, poor scansion, and ludicrous effect
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.