10-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- ivermectin — a drug that kills parasitic nematode worms, mites, and insects. It is used to treat a variety of parasitic infections in domestic animals and onchocerciasis in humans
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- joe miller — Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kerygmatic — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kimberlite — Petrology. a variety of micaceous peridotite, low in silica content and high in magnesium content, in which diamonds are formed.
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lake urmia — a shallow lake in NW Iran, at an altitude of 1300 m (4250 ft): the largest lake in Iran, varying in area from 4000–6000 sq km (1500–2300 sq miles) between autumn and spring
- lamaseries — Plural form of lamasery.
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- lame-brain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamebrains — Plural form of lamebrain.
- laminarize — to make or design (a surface on an aircraft, or the flow over such a surface) so that it will be laminar
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- leaf miner — any of the larvae of any of numerous insects, as moths of the family Gracilariidae, that live in and feed on the parenchyma of leaves.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liebermann — Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1847–1935, German painter and etcher.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- limberneck — a fatal infection of botulism affecting birds, especially chickens and ducks, characterized by weakness of the neck muscles and inability to eat.
- limberness — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lime green — bright yellowish-green colour
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- 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).
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- litteratim — literatim.
- littermate — one of a pair or group of animals born or reared in the same litter.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- 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.
- lower limb — a limb that is lower or hindmost; a leg
- lumbermill — a mill for dressing logs and lumber.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)