10-letter words containing m, a, c, p
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- 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.
- phonematic — phonemic.
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- place name — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- 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.
- priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- psittacism — mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- ralph cram — Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, U.S. architect and writer.
- rifampicin — a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, meningitis, and leprosy
- 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).
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- sarcoplasm — the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- sic passim — so throughout: used especially as a footnote to indicate that a word, phrase, or idea recurs throughout the book being cited.