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

  • pipe major — the noncommissioned officer, generally of warrant officer's rank, who is responsible for the training, duty, and discipline of a military or civilian pipe band
  • pipe-dream — to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.
  • 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.
  • planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
  • planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
  • planometer — surface plate.
  • plate mark — hallmark.
  • platemaker — a machine that makes plates used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, especially halftone or etched illustrations.
  • pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
  • pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
  • polarogram — the record produced by the action of a Polarograph.
  • polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
  • pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
  • portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
  • portmapper — (networking)   A server that converts TCP/IP protocol port numbers into RPC program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
  • postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
  • postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
  • poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
  • power game — You can refer to a situation in which different people or groups are competing for power as a power game, especially if you disapprove of the methods they are using in order to try to win power.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • 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.
  • pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
  • prayer mat — mat for kneeling on to pray
  • pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
  • 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.
  • pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • preachment — the act of preaching.
  • preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
  • prepayment — paying for sth in advance
  • preprimary — preceding a primary election: preprimary endorsement.
  • preprogram — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
  • presswoman — a female reporter
  • prestamped — stamped in advance
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