10-letter words that end in se
- 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.
- line noise — (communications) 1. Spurious characters due to electrical noise in a communications link, especially an EIA-232 serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or crosstalk from other circuits, electrical storms, cosmic rays, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of electrical line noise. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs syntax so bizarre that it looks like line noise. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is TECO, whose input syntax is often said to be indistinguishable from line noise. Other non-WYSIWYG editors, such as Multics "qed" and Unix "ed", in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately obfuscated languages such as INTERCAL.
- lobotomise — to perform a lobotomy on.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- long lease — (in England and Wales) a lease, originally for a period of over 21 years, on a whole house of low rent and ratable value, which is the occupants' only or main residence. The leaseholder is entitled to buy the freehold, claim an extension of 50 years, or become a statutory tenant
- long purse — wealth; riches
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- make sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- male nurse — man who is a medical attendant
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- meat house — a smokehouse.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- melezitose — (organic compound) A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap.
- melitriose — raffinose.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- mid-course — the middle of a course.
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- militarise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of militarize.
- mind mouse — (hardware) A pointing device (unlike a mouse in design, but serving the same purpose) which works via sensors in contact with the user's skin. The sensors are built into a plastic base which fits on one finger and which is similar in shape to a finger cast. The principle of operation is presumably myoelectric, not psionic, contrary to what the name implies. As of the time of writing (1996), mind mice are not accurate enough to be anything but novelties.
- mineralise — Alt form mineralize.
- minicourse — a short, intensive course of study, usually a few weeks long.
- minimalise — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minoritise — Alternative spelling of minoritize.
- mirrorwise — having the left and right sides reversed
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moisturise — to add or restore moisture to (something): to moisturize one's skin with lotion; to moisturize air.
- mongrelise — Alternative spelling of mongrelize.
- monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- moviehouse — (US) A cinema or movie theater.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multisense — having more than one meaning.
- multiverse — (in physics and cosmology) a hypothetical collection of identical or diverse universes, including our own.
- music case — a kind of briefcase for carrying sheet music
- musicalise — (British spelling) To set (a text etc) to music.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naval base — military stronghold
- needlecase — A case in which needles are kept.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- no offense — I do not intend this as an insult
- node house — a prefabricated shelter used by welders during the construction of an oil rig
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.