10-letter words containing m, o, r, i
- prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- premeiotic — occurring before the start of meiosis
- premention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- premonitor — a person who, or a thing which, forewarns
- premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- primogenit — the eldest child in a family
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- primordium — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- programing — the act or process of planning or writing a program.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- promissive — implying promise
- promissory — containing or implying a promise.
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromeride — a devitrified form of rhyolite, having a nodular appearance and spherulitic texture
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- quadriform — having four parts or sides
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- racemation — a bunch, collection, or group
- racemiform — having the form of a raceme.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- radiciform — resembling a root
- radio beam — beam (def 12).