10-letter words containing u, r, o, m
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- 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.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- primordium — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- 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.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- quadriform — having four parts or sides
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- raduliform — rasp-like
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- 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.
- 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.
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rock music — heavy form of pop music
- rogue male — a conventionally masculine man who is a cold-hearted loner
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- round clam — quahog.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rumbullion — a drink of rum
- rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rumor mill — You can refer to the people in a particular place or profession who spread rumors as the rumor mill.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.