10-letter words containing e, p, h, m, r, i
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- morpholine — a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- permethrin — a synthetic chemical compound with formula C21H20Cl2O3, effective as an insecticide and against various parasites
- phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- reshipment — the act of reshipping
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semisphere — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- triphammer — Machinery. a heavy hammer raised and then let fall by means of some tripping device, as a cam.
- triumphery — a triumvir
- whimpering — Present participle of whimper.