10-letter words containing m, p, s
- bottoms up — Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- bump start — a method of starting a motor vehicle by engaging a low gear with the clutch depressed and pushing it or allowing it to run down a hill until sufficient momentum has been acquired to turn the engine by releasing the clutch
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- cape smoke — South African brandy
- capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cataplasms — Plural form of cataplasm.
- catawampus — askew; awry
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- cocomposer — a fellow composer
- common esp — (language) (CESP) A Unix-based version of ESP (Extended Self-containing Prolog) from Mitsubishi's AI Language Institute.
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.
- companions — Plural form of companion.
- compansion — Companding.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- compassing — Present participle of compass.
- compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- completers — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- completest — Superlative form of complete.
- completist — a person with an obsessive interest in a subject
- components — A part or element of a larger whole, esp. a part of a machine or vehicle.
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- composited — Simple past tense and past participle of composite.
- composites — Plural form of composite.
- compositor — A compositor is a person who arranges the text and pictures of a book, magazine, or newspaper before it is printed.
- composters — Plural form of composter.
- composting — the activity or practice of converting garden and kitchen waste to compost
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
- compresses — Plural form of compress.
- compressor — A compressor is a machine or part of a machine that squeezes gas or air and makes it take up less space.
- comprising — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- compromise — A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.