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10-letter words containing s, p, e, r, m

  • outpromise — to promise more than
  • overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • oversimple — excessively simple
  • oversimply — in an oversimple manner
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
  • panspermic — relating to panspermia
  • parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
  • paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
  • parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
  • pas marche — a marching step.
  • passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
  • per mensem — by the month.
  • perimysium — the connective tissue surrounding bundles of skeletal muscle fibers.
  • periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
  • permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
  • permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
  • permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
  • peroxisome — a cell organelle containing catalase, peroxidase, and other oxidative enzymes and performing essential metabolic functions, as the decomposition of fatty acids and hydrogen peroxide.
  • pesterment — the fact of pestering or of being subjected to pestering behaviour
  • pestersome — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
  • phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
  • polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
  • polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
  • polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
  • polyspermy — the fertilization of an ovum by several spermatozoa.
  • pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
  • 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.
  • pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
  • pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
  • precompose — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
  • preconsume — to consume in advance
  • preimposed — imposed beforehand
  • premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • 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 room — A press room is a room for journalists to use at a special event.
  • press time — the time at which a pressrun begins, especially that of a newspaper.
  • presswoman — a female reporter
  • prestamped — stamped in advance
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