10-letter words containing e, p, s, o, m
- improviser — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improvises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise.
- incomposed — (obsolete) disordered; disturbed.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- meconopsis — Any of several poppy-like plants, of the genus Meconopsis, most of which are found in the Himalayas.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- megascopic — Visible to the naked eye.
- megaspores — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- mesomorphs — Plural form of mesomorph.
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- mesophytes — Plural form of mesophyte.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- mesosphere — (in the classification of the earth's atmosphere by chemical properties) the region between the ionosphere and the exosphere, extending from about 250–650 miles (400–1050 km) above the surface of the earth.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- metroscope — an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- micropores — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscope — an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- microspore — the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern allies, developing into a male gametophyte. Compare megaspore,
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- misdevelop — to develop in a faulty or abnormal manner
- misimprove — to make worse in trying to make better
- misperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- misreports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport.
- miter post — meeting post.
- monoplanes — Plural form of monoplane.
- monopolies — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monopteros — monopteron.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.