10-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- 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).
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- micropores — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscope — an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- microspore — the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern allies, developing into a male gametophyte. Compare megaspore,
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- misimprove — to make worse in trying to make better
- misperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- misreports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport.
- miter post — meeting post.
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- morpholine — a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- noiseproof — soundproof.
- non-expiry — expiration of breath.