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10-letter words containing m, a, s, p, r, i

  • part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
  • partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
  • passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pastry mix — a product that can be mixed with water to make pastry
  • patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
  • patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
  • pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
  • pharisaism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
  • pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
  • phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
  • plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • 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.
  • priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
  • prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
  • 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.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • pyramidist — an expert in the structure and history of the Egyptian pyramids
  • re-baptism — a new or second baptism
  • reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • 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.
  • separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
  • 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.
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • spare time — leisure hours
  • sparganium — a marsh plant
  • spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
  • 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.
  • spermarium — the sperm gland
  • spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • spiral arm — any of the elongated and curved spiral sections that are connected to the center of a spiral galaxy.
  • sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
  • strip farm — a tract of land where strip cropping is done.
  • strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
  • subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
  • the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
  • tripartism — a division into three representative groups
  • up in arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
  • whip-smart — extremely clever
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