10-letter words containing s, m
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- locomotors — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- lodgements — Plural form of lodgement.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- lonesomely — In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.
- lonesomest — Superlative form of lonesome.
- longsomely — lengthily, slowly, and tediously
- loom-state — (of a woven cotton fabric) not yet dyed
- loose smut — a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- los alamos — a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- lossmakers — Plural form of lossmaker.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- loudmouths — Plural form of loudmouth.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- loxodromes — Plural form of loxodrome.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- 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
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- maasbanker — (South Africa) A species of edible mackerel, Trachurus trachurus.
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- macadamias — Plural form of macadamia.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.