11-letter words containing e, m, p, a, c
- parabematic — relating to the parabema
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- paramaecium — a microscopic unicellular ciliate protozoa
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- peacemaking — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pencil beam — a cone-shaped radar beam.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
- permittance — the act of permitting or giving consent
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- plasma cell — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- project mac — (project) A project suggested by J C R Licklider; its founding director was MIT Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's Multics development and Marvin Minsky's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use CTSS and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also Early PL/I, MacLisp, MACSYMA, MDL, Multipop-68, OCAL.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- roman peace — the establishment and maintenance of peace by armed force.
- sample case — a handheld container of samples of products used by a salesperson to show potential customers what is available
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- summer camp — a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.