10-letter words containing u, m, p, i
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- puerperium — the four-week period following childbirth.
- pull media — (messaging) A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- puppy mill — farm where dogs are bred
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- push media — (messaging) A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- sampaguita — (in the Philippines) an Arabian jasmine.
- semiopaque — partly or nearly opaque.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simplicius — Saint, died a.d. 483, pope 468–483.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spermarium — the sperm gland
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spirit gum — a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- summing-up — a summation or statement made for the purpose of reviewing the basic concepts or principles of an argument, story, explanation, testimony, or the like, and usually presented at the end.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- suppertime — the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
- symphilous — of or relating to symphilism
- tamaulipas — a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Capital: Ciudad Victoria.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- thumbpiece — a lever over the hinge on the lid of a tankard, pressed by the thumb to raise the lid.
- thumbprint — a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
- triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- triumphery — a triumvir
- trumpeting — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unimpacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- unimpaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- unimparted — not communicated (to another person)
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unimposing — not imposing; unimpressive: an unimposing spectacle; a man of unimposing stature.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage
- up in arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.