10-letter words containing m, e, r, o, u, s
- muster out — to discharge from military service
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numerously — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octomerous — octamerous.
- omniferous — producing or consisting of all kinds of things
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- 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.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- 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.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- shrewmouse — a shrew.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- sumerology — the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians.
- summer job — a job that a student does in the summer vacation
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- superjumbo — an extremely large twin-deck jet-propelled airliner that can carry over 500 passengers
- supermacho — extremely macho