10-letter words containing s, p, e, r, m, i
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- 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.
- presurmise — a surmise previously formed.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- prime ribs — a serving of the roasted ribs and meat from a prime cut of beef.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- promissive — implying promise
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- reshipment — the act of reshipping
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scrimpness — sparingness
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semisphere — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- 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.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- spare time — leisure hours
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermarium — the sperm gland
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
- spermidine — a biogenic polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from putrescine, occurring widely in nature and first identified in semen.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- springtime — the season of spring.