10-letter words containing s, e, p, m
- ephemerist — one who collects or studies ephemera
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epididymis — A highly convoluted duct behind the testis, along which sperm passes to the vas deferens.
- epiphytism — the condition of being an epiphyte
- episematic — (esp of coloration) aiding recognition between animals of the same species
- episiotomy — A surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues.
- episomally — In an episomal manner.
- epistemics — the interdisciplinary study of knowledge and human information-processing, using the formal techniques of logic, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- epitomised — Simple past tense and past participle of epitomise.
- epitomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitomise.
- epitomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitomize.
- equipments — (nonstandard) Plural form of equipment.
- escapement — A mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
- escarpment — A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
- euphemised — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemise.
- euphemisms — Plural form of euphemism.
- euphemizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of euphemize.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- exemptions — Plural form of exemption.
- expressman — a person who collects and delivers goods
- fee simple — a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
- film speed — speed (def 5a).
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- germ plasm — the protoplasm of the germ cells containing the chromosomes.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- grumpiness — The state, or act, of being grumpy.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hemisphere — (often initial capital letter) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, especially one of the halves into which the earth is divided. Compare Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- homophobes — Plural form of homophobe.
- homophones — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homosphere — The lower part of the atmosphere, up to about sixty miles, in which there is no great change in its composition.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.