10-letter words containing t, e, l, a, m
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- loom-state — (of a woven cotton fabric) not yet dyed
- loremaster — (chiefly, fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- 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.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- maculature — (dated) Blotting paper.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- magnetical — (obsolete) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; magnetic.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- maladapted — poorly suited or adapted to a particular condition or set of circumstances: maladapted to the demands of modern society.
- malaguetta — an aromatic African herb of the ginger family
- malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- maledicent — ((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language.
- maledicted — Simple past tense and past participle of maledict.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- malentendu — misunderstood; misapprehended.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malignment — a slanderous disparagement or vilification
- malleation — the act of hammering or beating something thin
- maltreated — Simple past tense and past participle of maltreat.
- mamillated — Having nipples.
- mammillate — having a mammilla or mammillae.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- mandelstam — Osip Emilyevich, 1892–1938? Russian acmeist poet and essayist.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manstealer — A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
- mantellone — a purple mantle extending to the ankles, worn over the cassock by lesser prelates of the papal court.
- manteltree — a wooden or stone lintel over the opening of a fireplace.
- mantletree — a wooden or stone lintel over the opening of a fireplace.
- map turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Graptemys, as G. geographica, of the eastern and central U.S., usually having yellow stripes on the head and neck.
- market-led — of or relating to an approach to business in which the customer's requirements are identified by market research before a product or service is released
- marketable — readily salable.
- marketably — readily salable.
- marprelate — Martin, the pen name of the anonymous author or authors of a series of satirical Puritan tracts (1588–89), attacking the bishops of the Church of England
- martellato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) heavily accented and detached.
- martinelli — Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1885–1969, U.S. operatic tenor, born in Italy.
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- marvelment — The state of marvelling; amazement.
- masterable — Possible to master; able to be mastered.
- masterless — Lacking or deprived of a master.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.