10-letter words containing r, m, e, t
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meat-eater — a person or animal that eats meat
- meatometer — A device to measure the width of a human's urinary meatus.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- media star — a person who is well-known because of frequent appearances in the mass media
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- megastores — Plural form of megastore.
- megatheres — Plural form of megathere.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- meitnerium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element. Symbol: Mt; atomic number: 109.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- melitriose — raffinose.
- memoirists — Plural form of memoirist.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- mentioners — Plural form of mentioner.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mercy seat — Bible: Golden covering on the Arc of Covenant
- mercy-seat — Bible. the gold covering on the ark of the covenant, regarded as the resting place of God. Ex. 25:17–22. the throne of God.
- merit list — a list of students or people with high grades in exams or other achievements
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- merozoites — Plural form of merozoite.
- merriments — Plural form of merriment.
- mesenteric — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- mesenteron — midgut.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- mesorectum — the mesentery of the rectum.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- met report — a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metacenter — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metacentre — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- metamerism — Zoology. division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation. existence in a metameric state.
- 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).
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metatarsal — of or relating to the metatarsus, the part of the foot that includes the bones between the ankle and toes.