10-letter words containing p, a, l, m, c
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- computable — computability theory
- cramp ball — a hard round blackish ascomycetous fungus, Daldinia concentrica, characteristically found on the bark of ash trees and formerly carried to ward off cramp. The specific name refers to the concentric rings revealed if the fungus is sliced
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- curly palm — a feather palm, Howea belmoreana, of Lord Howe Island, having plumy leaves about 7 feet (2.1 meter) long.
- cyclic amp — cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- elecampane — A plant that has yellow daisylike flowers with long slender petals and bitter aromatic roots that are used in herbal medicine, native to central Asia.
- emacs lisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used to implement the higher layers of the Free Software Foundation's editor, GNU Emacs. Sometimes abbreviated to "elisp". An enormous number of Emacs Lisp packages have been written including modes for editing many programming languages and interfaces to many Unix programs.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- epidemical — Alternative form of epidemic.
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impeccable — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- implacable — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implacably — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implicated — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- lamp-black — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- marco polo — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metaleptic — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- mycoplasma — any of numerous parasitic microorganisms of the class Mollicutes, comprising the smallest self-reproducing prokaryotes, lacking a true cell wall and able to survive without oxygen: a common cause of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
- myopically — Very closely; as if suffering from myopia.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics