10-letter words containing s, e, m, l
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- madeleines — Plural form of madeleine.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- magallanes — Punta Arenas.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majusculae — Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
- majuscules — Plural form of majuscule.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- maladdress — awkwardness; tactlessness
- male nurse — man who is a medical attendant
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- mallanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- mallemucks — Plural form of mallemuck.
- mallenders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- manageless — (archaic) unmanageable.
- mandelstam — Osip Emilyevich, 1892–1938? Russian acmeist poet and essayist.
- manfulness — The state of being manful.
- manhandles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manhandle.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- mannerless — without good manners; ill-mannered; discourteous; impolite.
- manstealer — A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
- marbleizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marbleize.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marmalades — Plural form of marmalade.
- marrowless — Anatomy. a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
- marseilles — a department in SE France. 2026 sq. mi. (5245 sq. km). Capital: Marseilles.
- marshalers — Plural form of marshaler.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaller — Alternative spelling of marshaler.
- marshalsea — the court of the marshal of the royal household.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- mass leave — (in India) leave taken by a large number of employees at the same time, as a form of protest
- masterable — Possible to master; able to be mastered.
- masterless — Lacking or deprived of a master.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- matterless — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.