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10-letter words containing m, p, l, i

  • polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • popemobile — Informal. any of various vehicles used to transport the pope when he appears in public, typically equipped with bulletproof glass.
  • postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
  • prime bill — a bill that is accepted by a bank in first-class credit
  • 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.
  • pro-family — that favors or benefits families
  • problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
  • proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
  • proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • psalmodize — to sing psalms
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
  • ptolemy ii — (surnamed Philadelphus) 309?–247? b.c, king of Egypt 285–247? (son of Ptolemy I).
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
  • pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
  • puppy mill — farm where dogs are bred
  • rampallian — a scoundrel, wretch, rascal
  • relief map — a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.
  • scampishly — in a scampish manner
  • semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
  • semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
  • shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
  • simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
  • 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.
  • simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
  • simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
  • simplicial — relating to simplexes
  • simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
  • simplicius — Saint, died a.d. 483, pope 468–483.
  • simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simplistic — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
  • skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • small pica — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 11 point
  • specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
  • spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
  • spiral arm — any of the elongated and curved spiral sections that are connected to the center of a spiral galaxy.
  • split-time — a daylight-saving time based on a half-hour advance.
  • stamp mill — a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
  • stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
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