10-letter words containing s, m
- kerseymere — a heavily fulled woolen cloth constructed in twill weave and finished with a fine nap.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- king's men — an English theatrical company originally called Lord Chamberlain's Men, founded in the late 16th century: William Shakespeare was the company's principal dramatist.
- king-smith — Ronald Gordon, known as Dick. 1922–2011, British writer for children; his numerous books include The Sheep Pig (1984) and the Sophie series
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- kissagrams — Plural form of kissagram.
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- komsomolsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Asia, on the Amur River.
- kramatorsk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- krummhorns — Plural form of krummhorn.
- ku kluxism — the doctrines, theories, and practices of the Ku Klux Klan.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lacemakers — Plural form of lacemaker.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lady's man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lamarckism — the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
- lamaseries — Plural form of lamasery.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lambasting — to beat or whip severely.
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- lamebrains — Plural form of lamebrain.
- lamestream — noting or relating to traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking the fairness, creativity, etc., of independent online news sources.
- laminarins — Plural form of laminarin.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- lammas day — August 1, formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- landmasses — Plural form of landmass.
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- las palmas — Las. Las Palmas.
- laser beam — a beam of radiation produced from a laser, used in surgery, communications, weapons systems, printing, recording and various industrial processes.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.
- lattermost — latest; last.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.