10-letter words containing t, u, m, e
- petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- plume moth — one of a family (Pterophoridae) of slender-bodied micro moths with narrow wings, each usually divided into two, three, or four "plumes". The type is the white Pterophorus pentadactylus
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.
- proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- 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.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- puzzlement — the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quick time — Military. a rate of marching in which 120 paces, each of 30 inches (76.2 cm), are taken in a minute.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- 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.
- red mullet — a goatfish or surmullet.
- 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.
- refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- remunerate — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- renumerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- securement — the act of securing.
- seducement — an act of seducing