10-letter words containing c, a, m, p
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- lamp-black — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrocarpa — (NZ) The Monterey cypress.
- macrograph — a representation of an object that is of the same size as or larger than the object.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- make peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- make-peace — a peacemaker.
- manscaping — Present participle of manscape.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- march past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- march-past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- marco polo — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
- 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.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- mediascape — Communications media as a whole.
- megaparsec — one million parsecs.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- megascopic — Visible to the naked eye.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- 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.
- metaleptic — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- 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).
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- mindscapes — Plural form of mindscape.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- misocapnic — having a dislike or hate of tobacco smoke