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10-letter words containing a, e, r, i, u, m

  • parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • per curiam — by the court
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • quadrireme — (in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.
  • quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
  • race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
  • rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
  • rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
  • ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
  • run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
  • seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
  • seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
  • secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
  • semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
  • spermarium — the sperm gland
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
  • submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
  • summarised — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • summarizer — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • surinamese — a native or inhabitant of Suriname.
  • surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
  • surrealism — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
  • tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
  • tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
  • tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
  • trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
  • traumatise — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatize — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • tularaemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
  • unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
  • undreaming — not dreaming; not having dreams
  • unicameral — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
  • unimpaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
  • unimparted — not communicated (to another person)
  • unmaterial — not formed of matter
  • unmetrical — not having, using, or relating to poetic metre
  • vermicular — of, relating to, or done by worms.
  • verulamian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam.
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