11-letter words containing s, a, l, m, i
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- littermates — Plural form of littermate.
- little slam — the winning of twelve of the thirteen tricks of a deal. Also called small slam. Compare grand slam (def 1).
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lund simula — (language) A version of SIMULA from Lund Software House. Version 4.07. (FTP: rascal.ics.utexas.edu/misc/mac/programming/ no longer exists).
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marcescible — prone to fade or decay
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.