10-letter words containing a, c, m
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- parametric — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peach palm — a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- per curiam — by the court
- permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
- permanency — permanence.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phonematic — phonemic.
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- place name — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- prechamber — A prechamber in an engine is a small area, usually in the cylinder head, in which combustion is started before fuel enters into the main combustion chamber.