10-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- louis riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- louis viii — known as Coeur-de-Lion. 1187–1226, king of France (1223–26). He was offered the English throne by opponents of King John but his invasion failed (1216)
- louis xiii — 1601–43, king of France 1610–43 (son of Henry IV of Navarre).
- louis xvii — ("Louis Charles of France") 1785–95, titular king of France 1793–95 (son of Louis XVI).
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- louisville — a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- loveliness — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovingness — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysogenize — to make lysogenic.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- melezitose — (organic compound) A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- melitriose — raffinose.
- menologies — Plural form of menology.
- mesofossil — A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed.
- mesolimbic — (anatomy) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metalloids — Plural form of metalloid.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.