10-letter words containing p, r, i, m
- impurities — the quality or state of being impure.
- impurpling — Present participle of impurple.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- isotropism — isotropy
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- limp wrist — a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- linear map — (mathematics) (Or "linear transformation") A function from a vector space to a vector space which respects the additive and multiplicative structures of the two: that is, for any two vectors, u, v, in the source vector space and any scalar, k, in the field over which it is a vector space, a linear map f satisfies f(u+kv) = f(u) + kf(v).
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- magstripes — Plural form of magstripe.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marigraphs — Plural form of marigraph.
- mark spitz — Mark (Andrew) born 1950, U.S. swimmer: winner of seven gold medals in 1972 summer Olympic Games.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- masspriest — a Roman Catholic priest
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- membership — the state of being a member, as of a society or club.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- meperidine — a narcotic compound, C 1 5 H 2 1 NO 2 , used as an analgesic and sedative.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- 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).
- metempiric — Of or relating to metempirics.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- microchips — Plural form of microchip.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- 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.
- microphyll — (botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- micropolis — a small city
- micropores — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microprint — a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device.
- microprism — a small prism incorporated in the focusing screen of many single-lens reflex cameras. The prism stops shimmering when the subject is in focus