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10-letter words containing i, n, u, m, e

  • 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.
  • plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
  • plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
  • pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
  • polemonium — a member of the genus Polemonium
  • praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
  • primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
  • proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
  • pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
  • pumpkineer — pumpkin
  • punishment — the act of punishing.
  • rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • reillumine — to light up again, to illumine anew, to reillume
  • resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
  • rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
  • run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
  • san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
  • semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
  • semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
  • semilucent — partially translucent
  • seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
  • sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
  • septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
  • simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
  • slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  • submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
  • submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
  • submersion — to submerge.
  • suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • surinamese — a native or inhabitant of Suriname.
  • tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
  • tant mieux — so much the better
  • technetium — Chemistry. an element of the manganese family, not found in nature, but obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum. Symbol: Tc; atomic weight: 99; atomic number: 43; specific gravity: 11.5.
  • the minute — If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.
  • tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
  • trumpeting — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
  • tumorgenic — producing tumours
  • unacademic — not academic or at an academic level
  • unadmitted — having been denied entry
  • unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
  • unamicable — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
  • unanimated — not animated or lively; dull
  • unbecoming — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
  • unbedimmed — (of eyes, light, etc) not dimmed; clear
  • uncombined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
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