10-letter words containing m, e, r, u
- proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- 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.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- 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.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- puerperium — the four-week period following childbirth.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- quadrireme — (in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.
- quadrumane — a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recumbency — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- red mullet — a goatfish or surmullet.
- redocument — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- referendum — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- reillumine — to light up again, to illumine anew, to reillume
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- remunerate — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- renumerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- resubmerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- 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.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rogue male — a conventionally masculine man who is a cold-hearted loner
- 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.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.