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10-letter words containing p, o, e, m

  • macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
  • macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
  • macropores — Plural form of macropore.
  • macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
  • macrospore — megaspore.
  • madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
  • 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
  • make up to — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • mareograph — marigraph.
  • mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
  • mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
  • meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
  • meconopsis — Any of several poppy-like plants, of the genus Meconopsis, most of which are found in the Himalayas.
  • mecopteran — mecopterous.
  • megalopsia — macropsia.
  • megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
  • megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
  • megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
  • megascopic — Visible to the naked eye.
  • megaspores — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
  • mellophone — a marching or military band brass instrument similar in appearance and range to the French horn but slightly smaller and simpler to play.
  • melon pear — pepino (def 2).
  • menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
  • menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • menophania — menarche.
  • mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
  • mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
  • mesomorphs — Plural form of mesomorph.
  • mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
  • mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
  • mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
  • mesophytes — Plural form of mesophyte.
  • mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
  • mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
  • mesosphere — (in the classification of the earth's atmosphere by chemical properties) the region between the ionosphere and the exosphere, extending from about 250–650 miles (400–1050 km) above the surface of the earth.
  • met report — a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days
  • 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).
  • metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
  • metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
  • 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.
  • methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • metoprolol — a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.
  • metropolis — any large, busy city.
  • metroscope — an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
  • 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.
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