10-letter words containing t, o, r, e, m
- 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.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propelment — the act of propulsion
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- proto team — a team of workers trained to perform underground rescues
- protostome — any member of the lower invertebrate phyla in which the mouth appears before the anus during development, cleavage is spiral and determinate, and the coelom forms as a splitting of the mesoderm.
- protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- racemation — a bunch, collection, or group
- radiometer — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- ratiometer — (in three-color photography) a device for determining the exposure factors of the filters to be used.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- redocument — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
- remigation — the act of rowing
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- remonetize — to restore to use as legal tender: to remonetize silver.
- remortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- remoteness — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- remotivate — to motivate again
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- renominate — to nominate again
- rent-a-mob — a group of people who are considered to always be protesting in a seemingly irrational manner, as if simply hired from a rental service for the purpose of protesting
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- road metal — broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
- room rates — the rates charged daily for hotel rooms
- rothermere — 1st Viscount, Harold Sidney Harmsworth.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sarmentose — having runners.
- 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.
- scotometer — a device used for measuring a scotoma's size, shape and intensity
- sermonette — a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.