10-letter words containing a, c, m
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- psittacism — mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- racemation — a bunch, collection, or group
- racemiform — having the form of a raceme.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
- radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- radiciform — resembling a root
- ragmatical — wild, rowdy, riotous
- ralph cram — Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, U.S. architect and writer.
- ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
- ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
- razor clam — any of several rapidly burrowing clams (esp. family Solenidae) of sandy beaches, having elongated, narrow shells somewhat resembling a straight razor
- re-embrace — to embrace again
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recallment — a recall
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- remittance — the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhythmical — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- rich media — any internet content that interacts with the user, for example by expanding or streaming video content when the user's mouse hovers over it
- rifampicin — a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, meningitis, and leprosy
- 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 maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- rocker arm — a rocking or oscillating arm or lever rotating with a moving shaft or pivoted on a stationary shaft.
- rocker cam — a cam with a rocking or reciprocating motion.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- rom. cath. — Roman Catholic
- roman arch — a semicircular arch.
- roman pace — an ancient Roman unit of measurement, equal to 5 Roman feet or about 58 U.S. inches (147 cm).
- romancical — relating to or dealing with romance
- round clam — quahog.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- salicylism — poisoning by aspirin
- samana cay — a small, uninhabited island in the central Bahamas: now believed to be first land in the New World seen by Christopher Columbus 1492. 9 miles (14 km) long.