11-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perfumeless — without perfume; not perfumed or wearing perfume
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
- perineurium — the sheath of connective tissue that encloses a bundle of nerve fibers.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithecium — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- perturbment — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- petrol pump — a device at a filling station that is used to deliver petrol to the tank of a car and which displays the quantity, quality, and usually the cost of the petrol delivered
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pompadoured — styled in a pompadour
- pore volume — The pore volume is the total volume of very small openings in a bed of adsorbent particles.
- port number — port
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- prejudgment — to judge beforehand.
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premier cru — See under cru.
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- prenumbered — a numeral or group of numerals.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- pretty much — mostly
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- promptitude — promptness.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict