10-letter words containing p, r, i, m
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- coppermine — river in Nunavut & Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing northwest into the Arctic Ocean: 525 mi (845 km)
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- demirepdom — the world or society of demireps
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- emmetropia — The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
- emmetropic — Pertaining to emmetropia.
- emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
- empathizer — One who empathizes.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
- empiricism — The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
- empiricist — An advocate or supporter of empiricism.
- empowering — Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
- empurpling — Present participle of empurple.
- ephemeride — Of, pertaining to, or used in an ephemeris.
- ephemerids — Plural form of ephemerid.
- ephemerist — one who collects or studies ephemera
- ephraimite — a member of the tribe of Ephraim
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
- epicranium — (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
- epidendrum — an orchid belonging to the Epidendrum genus
- epidermoid — Of, pertaining to or composed of epidermal tissue.
- epimorphic — (zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
- epineurium — (anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- epithermal — relating to minerals formed from warm, shallow water
- epitomizer — An epitomist.
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
- euphemizer — One who, or that which, euphemizes.