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10-letter words containing i, m, p, r, o, e

  • montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
  • 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.
  • multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
  • myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
  • old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
  • ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
  • opisometer — an instrument used to measure curved lines on a map
  • optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
  • 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
  • palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
  • 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.
  • peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
  • piezometer — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
  • piezometry — the measurement of pressure or compressibility.
  • pipe major — the noncommissioned officer, generally of warrant officer's rank, who is responsible for the training, duty, and discipline of a military or civilian pipe band
  • pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
  • polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
  • polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
  • polymerize — to subject to polymerization.
  • pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
  • pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
  • preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
  • prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
  • preimposed — imposed beforehand
  • premeiotic — occurring before the start of meiosis
  • premention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • premoisten — to moisten beforehand
  • premonitor — a person who, or a thing which, forewarns
  • premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
  • prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
  • prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
  • primogenit — the eldest child in a family
  • princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
  • prizewoman — a female prize winner
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