10-letter words containing i, m, p, a, r
- pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
- 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.
- preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- premarital — preceding marriage.
- premaxilla — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- preprimary — preceding a primary election: preprimary endorsement.
- priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- primarying — the mounting of a challenge to the incumbent in a primary election: There were many instances of primarying during the last election cycle.
- primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
- prime rate — the minimum interest rate charged by a commercial bank on short-term business loans to large, best-rated customers or corporations.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- printmaker — a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- programing — the act or process of planning or writing a program.
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- psalterium — the omasum.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyramidist — an expert in the structure and history of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- rampallian — a scoundrel, wretch, rascal
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
- repair man — mechanic: male who fixes appliances
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea