10-letter words containing p, e, r, m, a
- programmer — a person who writes code for computer programs.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proto team — a team of workers trained to perform underground rescues
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- rape alarm — a device that emits a shrill sound when activated, which a woman can carry as a protection against attack
- re-attempt — to attempt (something) again
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
- repair man — mechanic: male who fixes appliances
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- revampment — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rock maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- roman pace — an ancient Roman unit of measurement, equal to 5 Roman feet or about 58 U.S. inches (147 cm).
- rope maker — a craftsman who makes ropes
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- sapperment — a German oath
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- space mark — a proofreader's symbol used to indicate the need to insert space, as between two typed or printed words that have been run together. Symbol: #.
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spare time — leisure hours
- specmark89 — (benchmark) An old SPECmark benchmark result derived from a set of floating-point and integer benchmarks. It is the geometric mean of ten SPEC ratios of the outdated 1989 SPEC benchmark suite. The use of SPECmark89 is strongly discouraged, having been superseded by CINT92 and CFP92.
- speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas
- sperm bank — a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermarium — the sperm gland
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spy camera — a hidden, disguised or miniature camera used in espionage
- stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.