10-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- metathorax — the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- methoprene — a synthetic insect juvenile hormone, C 1 9 H 3 4 O 3 , used as a biological pesticide primarily on mosquito and fly larvae to prevent maturing to the adult state.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- microtherm — a plant requiring a minimum of heat for growth.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- mother hen — a person who attends to the welfare of others, especially one who is fussily protective.
- mother wit — natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense.
- mother yaw — the initial lesion of yaws, occurring at the site of inoculation.
- motherhood — the state of being a mother; maternity.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motherless — a female parent.
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- motherload — A very large amount of something valuable.
- motherlode — (literally) The main, central lode of a natural resource, near which smaller deposits of the same ore etc. exist.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherwell — Robert, 1915–91, U.S. painter.
- motherwort — a European plant, Leonorus cardiaca, of the mint family, an introduced weed in the U.S., having cut leaves with a whorl of lavender flowers in the axils.
- motor home — a small bus or trucklike vehicle with a roomlike area behind the driver's seat outfitted as living quarters.
- murtherous — (archaic) Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- mythologer — A mythologist.
- nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- nephometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of cloud cover in the sky.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- nethermore — (archaic, rare) farther down; lower.
- nethermost — lowest; farthest down: the nethermost depths of the ocean.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
- night robe — nightgown.
- none other — no other person
- nonthermal — Not thermal; not produced by heat.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- north node — the ascending node of the moon.
- north pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- north-east — The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
- north-west — The north-west is the direction which is halfway between north and west.
- northerner — (sometimes lowercase) a native or inhabitant of the North, especially the northern U.S.
- northfield — a town in SE Minnesota.
- northglenn — a city in NE central Colorado.