11-letter words containing o, u, e, m
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pompadoured — styled in a pompadour
- pompelmouse — a large citrus fruit
- pop-up menu — a menu that suddenly appears when an option is selected
- 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.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- 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.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- 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.
- pseudoedema — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- 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.
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- puy de dôme — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- puy-de-dome — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
- quinonimine — a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 5 NO, the parent of the indophenol dyes, derived from quinone.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
- rome beauty — a large, red variety of apple, used chiefly for baking.