10-letter words containing p, r, a, e
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megaparsec — one million parsecs.
- 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.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- 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).
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- 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.
- mobe pearl — mabe pearl.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- most-asper — harsh; rough.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- mp3 player — a digital media player, usually portable, that plays and stores files in the MP3 format.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- 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.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- 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.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- nevirapine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV and AIDS.
- newspapers — Plural form of newspaper.
- nitrazepam — a synthetic chemical compound belonging to the benzodiazepine group of drugs; a minor tranquillizer used mainly in sleeping tablets, such as Mogadon. Formula: C15H11N3O3
- non-repeat — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- note-paper — writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- nulliparae — Plural form of nullipara.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- omeprazole — a drug, C 17 H 19 N 3 O 3 S, that inhibits the formation of gastric acid, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.