10-letter words containing c, a, m, p, e, r
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megaparsec — one million parsecs.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- 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.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- 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.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- 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.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- rock maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- roman pace — an ancient Roman unit of measurement, equal to 5 Roman feet or about 58 U.S. inches (147 cm).
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- space mark — a proofreader's symbol used to indicate the need to insert space, as between two typed or printed words that have been run together. Symbol: #.
- specmark89 — (benchmark) An old SPECmark benchmark result derived from a set of floating-point and integer benchmarks. It is the geometric mean of ten SPEC ratios of the outdated 1989 SPEC benchmark suite. The use of SPECmark89 is strongly discouraged, having been superseded by CINT92 and CFP92.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spy camera — a hidden, disguised or miniature camera used in espionage
- supermacho — extremely macho
- temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.