10-letter words containing e, m, p, n
- epilimnion — The upper layer of water in a stratified lake.
- epineurium — (anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
- epiphonema — an exclamation that concludes a discourse
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- equipments — (nonstandard) Plural form of equipment.
- escapement — A mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
- escarpment — A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- exemptions — Plural form of exemption.
- expediment — Obsolete form of expedient.
- experiment — Perform a scientific procedure, esp. in a laboratory, to determine something.
- expressman — a person who collects and delivers goods
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- foretopmen — Plural form of foretopman.
- found poem — a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- grumpiness — The state, or act, of being grumpy.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- homophones — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- idempotent — unchanged when multiplied by itself.
- imipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant, C 19 H 24 N 2 , used for the symptomatic relief of depression.
- impairment — the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
- impalement — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impaneling — Present participle of impanel.
- impanelled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartance — Impartation.
- impartment — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impatience — lack of patience.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- impedances — Plural form of impedance.