10-letter words containing m, o, t, r, u
- muster out — to discharge from military service
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- myometrium — The smooth muscle tissue of the uterus.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neuromotor — neuromuscular.
- neutronium — (physics) the supposed material composed entirely of neutrons that composes a neutron star.
- no-trumper — a hand suitable for calling and playing no trumps
- non-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- number two — someone or something that is second in rank, order, or importance.
- numeration — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octomerous — octamerous.
- oculomotor — moving or tending to move the eyeball: an oculomotor muscle.
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- 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.
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
- photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- poor mouth — unjustified complaining, esp to excite sympathy
- poor-mouth — to lament or argue that one is too poor; plead poverty.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- 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.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.