10-letter words containing e, c, r, i, m
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- premeiotic — occurring before the start of meiosis
- premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- 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.
- racemation — a bunch, collection, or group
- racemiform — having the form of a raceme.
- recidivism — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- reminisced — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- reminiscer — someone who remembers or tells of past events or experiences
- reminisces — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- remittance — the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rich media — any internet content that interacts with the user, for example by expanding or streaming video content when the user's mouse hovers over it
- rich rhyme — rime riche.
- rime riche — rhyme created by the use of two different words, or groups of words, of which both the stressed syllables and any following syllables are identical, as in lighted, delighted.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrimpness — sparingness
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- semicircle — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semicirque — an opening in the shape of a semicircle amongst trees or hills
- semisacred — partly or somewhat sacred; sacred to a limited degree; having some characteristics of the sacred
- semisecret — partly but not fully secret
- seriocomic — partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- taxidermic — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- terramycin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic, oxytetracycline, used in treating various infections
- tetrameric — of or related to a tetramer