10-letter words containing p, r, o, m, i
- improviser — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improvises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise.
- 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
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- 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.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- 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).
- 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
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscope — an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- microscopy — the use of the microscope.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- microspore — the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern allies, developing into a male gametophyte. Compare megaspore,
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- 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.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- misimprove — to make worse in trying to make better
- misperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- misprision — contempt or scorn.
- misprogram — to program badly or wrongly
- misreports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport.
- misworship — a form of worship that is wrong
- miter post — meeting post.