10-letter words containing s, a, m, p, l
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- las palmas — Las. Las Palmas.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malapropos — inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megapixels — Plural form of megapixel.
- megaplexes — Plural form of megaplex.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- metalepsis — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- metaplasia — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metaplasis — the second of three stages of ontogenetic development proposed by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, in which the development of the individual is complete
- misapplied — mistakenly applied; used wrongly.
- misapplies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapply.
- misexplain — (transitive) To explain incorrectly.
- misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
- misplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- mispleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of misplead.
- monoplanes — Plural form of monoplane.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- musk plant — a perennial North American plant (Mimulus moschatus) of the figwort family, with yellow tubular flowers and, sometimes, a musky odor
- mycoplasma — any of numerous parasitic microorganisms of the class Mollicutes, comprising the smallest self-reproducing prokaryotes, lacking a true cell wall and able to survive without oxygen: a common cause of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- nameplates — Plural form of nameplate.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status