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10-letter words containing r, m, e, t

  • pleximeter — a small, thin plate, as of ivory, placed against the body to mediate the blow of a plexor.
  • pleximetry — the practice of using a pleximeter
  • ponderment — the act of pondering
  • portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
  • portmapper — (networking)   A server that converts TCP/IP protocol port numbers into RPC program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
  • postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
  • prayer mat — mat for kneeling on to pray
  • pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • pre-emptor — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
  • pre-exempt — to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
  • pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • preachment — the act of preaching.
  • preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
  • precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
  • preeminent — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
  • preempting — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
  • preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
  • preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
  • preemptory — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
  • preferment — the act of preferring.
  • premarital — preceding marriage.
  • premeiotic — occurring before the start of meiosis
  • premention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • premoisten — to moisten beforehand
  • premonitor — a person who, or a thing which, forewarns
  • premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
  • prepayment — paying for sth in advance
  • presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
  • presentism — a partiality towards present-day points of view, esp by those interpreting history
  • press time — the time at which a pressrun begins, especially that of a newspaper.
  • prestamped — stamped in advance
  • presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.
  • prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
  • prime rate — the minimum interest rate charged by a commercial bank on short-term business loans to large, best-rated customers or corporations.
  • prime time — the hours, generally between 8 and 11 p.m., usually having the largest audience of the day.
  • primogenit — the eldest child in a family
  • printmaker — a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.
  • problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
  • proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
  • promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
  • prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
  • promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
  • promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
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