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10-letter words containing m, u, s, o, r

  • paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
  • 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.
  • polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
  • pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
  • 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.
  • preconsume — to consume in advance
  • 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.
  • proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
  • prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
  • prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
  • pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
  • push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
  • ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
  • rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
  • reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • remorseful — full of remorse.
  • resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
  • rock music — heavy form of pop music
  • romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
  • sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
  • sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
  • scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
  • scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
  • scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
  • seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
  • securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
  • semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
  • shrewmouse — a shrew.
  • simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
  • slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
  • smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
  • somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
  • sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
  • sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
  • sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
  • squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
  • squamiform — shaped like a scale.
  • stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
  • stormfully — in a stormful manner
  • stramonium — jimson weed.
  • study room — a room, esp in a boarding school, used for studying
  • submersion — to submerge.
  • subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
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