10-letter words containing t, e, l, m, r
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resemblant — having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to): two persons with resemblant features.
- retailment — the act or process of retailing
- revealment — the act of revealing; revelation.
- revilement — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- rhythmless — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
- road metal — broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- smart alec — smart aleck.
- smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
- smart-alec — smart aleck.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- steelmaker — a manufacturer of steel.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- storm belt — an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent
- storm cell — an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamless — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- streetlamp — light mounted on a post in street
- stylometry — the study of the style of something such as a written text so as to determine the author
- surf smelt — a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.
- tel amarna — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile: site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton; extensive excavations.
- telecamera — a television camera.
- telomerase — an enzyme, active chiefly in tumors and reproductive cells, that causes telomeres to lengthen: facilitates cell division and may account for the immortality of cancer cells.
- telpherman — someone who operates or works on a telpher
- temerously — in a temerous manner
- temperable — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- temple bar — a former London gateway before the Temple buildings: the heads of executed traitors and criminals were exhibited on it
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- term limit — Often, term limits. a statutory limit on the number of terms an official may serve: the Twenty-second Amendment, which imposed term limits on U.S. presidents.
- terminable — capable of being terminated.
- terminally — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- terpolymer — a polymer consisting of three different monomers, as ABS resin.
- tetrameral — possessing parts in groups of four
- thermalize — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons
- thermology — the study or science of heat
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- thimblerig — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.