10-letter words containing p, o, m, e, r
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- proto team — a team of workers trained to perform underground rescues
- protostome — any member of the lower invertebrate phyla in which the mouth appears before the anus during development, cleavage is spiral and determinate, and the coelom forms as a splitting of the mesoderm.
- protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- pyromeride — a devitrified form of rhyolite, having a nodular appearance and spherulitic texture
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- recompress — to compress (something) again
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- 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.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- superjumbo — an extremely large twin-deck jet-propelled airliner that can carry over 500 passengers
- supermacho — extremely macho
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- superstorm — a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction: The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- team sport — a sport in which teams play against each other
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- terpolymer — a polymer consisting of three different monomers, as ABS resin.
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.