10-letter words containing e, p, s, o, m
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polyspermy — the fertilization of an ovum by several spermatozoa.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- pompelmous — pomelo.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
- pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- precompose — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- press room — A press room is a room for journalists to use at a special event.
- presswoman — a female reporter
- 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.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- promissive — implying promise
- promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prose poem — a composition written as prose but having the concentrated, rhythmic, figurative language characteristic of poetry.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- protostome — any member of the lower invertebrate phyla in which the mouth appears before the anus during development, cleavage is spiral and determinate, and the coelom forms as a splitting of the mesoderm.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- recompress — to compress (something) again
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.