10-letter words containing m, e, r, o, p
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- mareograph — marigraph.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- 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.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- 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).
- 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.
- met report — a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methoprene — a synthetic insect juvenile hormone, C 1 9 H 3 4 O 3 , used as a biological pesticide primarily on mosquito and fly larvae to prevent maturing to the adult state.
- metoprolol — a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- metroscope — an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- micropores — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- 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.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- 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.
- mobe pearl — mabe pearl.
- mompreneur — Alternative form of mumpreneur.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- monopteron — a classical building having a single outer colonnade surrounding a central structure or a courtyard.
- monopteros — monopteron.
- monospermy — the fertilization of an ovum by only one spermatozoon.
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)