10-letter words containing s, l, o, m, c
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- mesolectal — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- 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.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microfilms — Plural form of microfilm.
- microliths — Plural form of microlith.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- micromoles — Plural form of micromole.
- micropolis — a small city
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- microsomal — Of or pertaining to a microsome.
- microvolts — Plural form of microvolt.
- minischool — an alternative educational institution, usually offering specialized or individual instruction.
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscatalog — to enter in a catalogue incorrectly
- miscolored — to give a wrong color to.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- mislocated — to misplace.
- 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.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- mollescent — softening or tending to soften.
- molluscoid — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Molluscoidea, in certain classifications comprising the bryozoans and brachiopods.
- molluscous — any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.
- monastical — Alternative form of monastic.
- monoclines — Plural form of monocline.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- monocycles — Plural form of monocycle.
- monostelic — having an individual or sole stele or cylindrical part in the middle of the stem or root of a plant that contains tubular-like vessels
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- moose call — whalesong
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- mosaically — In the manner of a mosaic.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- music roll — a roll of perforated paper for actuating a player piano.
- musicology — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- mycologist — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- 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.
- myelocytes — Plural form of myelocyte.
- myoblastic — of or relating to a myoblast or myoblasts