10-letter words containing m, i, l, e, r
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- regimental — of or relating to a regiment.
- reillumine — to light up again, to illumine anew, to reillume
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
- remediable — capable of being remedied.
- remediless — not admitting of remedy, as disease, trouble, damage, etc.; unremediable.
- remissible — that may be remitted.
- remissibly — in a remissible or forgivable manner
- remittable — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- remobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remodeling — to model again.
- remoralize — to instil with morals again; make moral again
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resembling — to be like or similar to.
- retailment — the act or process of retailing
- revilement — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- 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.
- rigamarole — rigmarole.
- roman mile — a unit of length used by the ancient Romans, equivalent to about 1620 yards (1480 meters).
- romeoville — a town in NE Illinois.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
- 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.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semicircle — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semiyearly — semiannual (def 1).
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.
- surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.