10-letter words containing p, r, o, m, i
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromeride — a devitrified form of rhyolite, having a nodular appearance and spherulitic texture
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- rhizomorph — a cordlike fusion of hyphae that leads certain fungi across various substrates like a root through soil.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- 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.
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- 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.
- timor pony — a small stocky breed of pony originally bred in Timor, used on Australian ranches
- top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage
- vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
- viperiform — resembling, or in the shape of, a viper
- yom kippur — a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.
- ypsiliform — having the shape of a 'Y'
- zoomorphic — of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.