10-letter words containing s, h, e, c, m
- metaethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- mischances — Plural form of mischance.
- mischannel — to channel wrongly
- mischanter — mishanter.
- mischarged — Simple past tense and past participle of mischarge.
- mischarges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mischarge.
- mischmetal — an alloy of cerium with certain rare earth metals and iron, used to produce the spark in lighters
- mismatched — Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.
- mismatches — Plural form of mismatch.
- misteaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misteach.
- mit scheme — (language) (Previously "C-Scheme") A Scheme implementation by the MIT Scheme Team (Chris Hanson, Jim Miller, Bill Rozas, and many others) with a rich set of utilities, a compiler called Liar and an editor called Edwin. MIT Scheme includes an interpreter, large run-time library, Emacs macros, native-code compiler, emacs-like editor, and a source-level debugger. See also: LAP, Schematik, Scode. Mailing list: [email protected] (cross-posted to news). E-mail: <[email protected]> (maintainers).
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- moiseivich — Benno [ben-oh] /ˈbɛn oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1963, English pianist, born in Russia.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- moustached — Having moustache.
- moustaches — Plural form of moustache.
- mule chest — a low chest with drawers, mounted on a low frame.
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- musclehead — a muscular man, esp. one who is involved in bodybuilding, weight lifting, etc.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mythicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythicize.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- out-scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- schematism — the particular form or disposition of a thing.
- schematist — a person who forms schemes; a schemer
- schematize — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- shamefaced — modest or bashful.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes