10-letter words containing e, p, s, o, m
- monospermy — the fertilization of an ovum by only one spermatozoon.
- moonscapes — Plural form of moonscape.
- mopishness — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- morphogens — Plural form of morphogen.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- most-asper — harsh; rough.
- mote spoon — a small spoon with a pierced bowl for removing tea leaves from a cup of tea.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- ms project — Microsoft Project
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- on impulse — instinctively
- opisometer — an instrument used to measure curved lines on a map
- outpromise — to promise more than
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- passamezzo — an Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to the pavane
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- pentstemon — penstemon.
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- peroxisome — a cell organelle containing catalase, peroxidase, and other oxidative enzymes and performing essential metabolic functions, as the decomposition of fatty acids and hydrogen peroxide.
- pestersome — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- phoenixism — the process of making a business insolvent in order to evade paying debts and then setting the business up again under a new name
- pine mouse — any of a widespread genus of voles, Pitymys, having small ears and a short tail; especially the American forest-dwelling mouse P. pinetorum.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.