10-letter words containing m, r, s, a
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- nemerteans — Plural form of nemertean.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- newsmakers — Plural form of newsmaker.
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normalised — normalisation
- normaliser — Alternative spelling of normalizer.
- normalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of normalize.
- normalness — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- norsewoman — a female member of the peoples of ancient Norway or Scandinavia
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- nurseryman — a person who owns or conducts a plant nursery.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- oddsmakers — Plural form of oddsmaker.
- off stream — (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
- old master — an eminent artist of an earlier period, especially from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- order arms — (in the manual of arms in close-order drill) a position in which the rifle is held at the right side, with its butt on the ground.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organismal — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parasitism — Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
- parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.