10-letter words containing o, r, m, l, u
- home ruler — an advocate of home rule.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- humiliator — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- 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
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- ill humour — a disagreeable or sullen mood; bad temper
- involucrum — involucre.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- locutorium — parlor (def 4).
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modulators — Plural form of modulator.
- modulatory — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- monaurally — In a monaural fashion.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- morbillous — of, relating to, or resembling measles
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mouldboard — A curved blade on a plough that serves to turn over the furrow.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mournfully — In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.