10-letter words containing a, c, m
- narcomania — Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- naumachiae — Plural form of naumachia.
- necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- nematicide — Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).
- nematocide — a substance or preparation used for killing nematodes parasitic to plants.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- neofascism — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- nicknaming — Present participle of nickname.
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- non-combat — not including, entailing, or requiring combat: noncombat duty.
- non-impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nonmagical — Not magical.
- nonmedical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nonnomadic — Not nomadic.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- off camera — If you do something or if something happens off camera, you do it or it happens when not being filmed.
- off-camera — occurring as part of a film or program but outside the range of the motion-picture or television camera: the off-camera shouts of a mob.
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- oniomaniac — an uncontrollable desire to buy things.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- orchardman — A man who owns or tends an orchard.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- osmic acid — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outmatched — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- oxycalcium — pertaining to or produced by oxygen and calcium.
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- pacificism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.