10-letter words containing u, l, m, i
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- locutorium — parlor (def 4).
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- lumbermill — a mill for dressing logs and lumber.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- 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
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- 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
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- 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.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mefloquine — An antimalarial drug consisting of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- mercifully — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.