10-letter words containing n, e, u, r, o, p
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- porousness — full of pores.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- profluence — abundance
- profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- pronounced — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- pronouncer — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propounder — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- 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.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- regrouping — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- unapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.