10-letter words containing t, h, i, s
- lightbulbs — Plural form of lightbulb.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lightnings — (archaic) Plural form of lightning.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lightships — Plural form of lightship.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lightstick — A portable rod used for illumination.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- litherness — (obsolete) Wickedness.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithosols' — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- lithuresis — the passage of gravel in the urine.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- machinists — Plural form of machinist.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- masochists — Plural form of masochist.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- mattathias — died 167? b.c, Jewish priest in Judea (father of Judas Maccabaeus).
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- 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.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.