10-letter words containing n, e, u, r, o
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- 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).
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-adjourn — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- reannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- recontinue — to continue (an action, process or condition, etc) again after an interruption or pause
- recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge