10-letter words containing a, l, i, m, p
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- myopically — Very closely; as if suffering from myopia.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- neopallium — neocortex.
- nonoptimal — not optimal
- oojamaflip — a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten
- ophthalmia — inflammation of the eye, especially of its membranes or external structures.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- optimality — The property of being optimal.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palliament — a long robe
- 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.
- palmatifid — displaying palmate characteristics
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- paper mill — factory where paper is made
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parlormaid — a maid who takes care of a parlor, answers the door, waits on guests, etc.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- perimetral — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- permillage — a rate or proportion per thousand. Compare percentage (def 1).
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- 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.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phone mail — voice mail
- pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- pilot lamp — an electric lamp, used in association with a control, which by means of position or color indicates the functioning of the control; an indicator light or a control light.
- pindo palm — a feather palm, Butia capitata, of Brazil, having long, arching leaves, grayish beneath, and small, egg-shaped fruit.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- playmaking — the initiating of offensive plays in sports
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.