10-letter words containing s, m, e, l
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
- blamestorm — (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bull moose — a member of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- camel case — the convention of writing compound words or phrases with no spaces and an initial lowercase or uppercase letter, with each remaining word element beginning with an uppercase letter: iPod and WikiAnswers are both spelled in camel case.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
- centesimal — hundredth
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- chamomiles — Plural form of chamomile.
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- cis female — a person who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- clam-shell — the shell of a clam.
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- clamshells — Plural form of clamshell.
- classmates — Plural form of classmate.
- clematises — Plural form of clematis.
- clemencies — Plural form of clemency.
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climaxless — without a climax
- clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
- clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)