10-letter words containing p, a, s, m, e
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- passamezzo — an Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to the pavane
- passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- 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
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- 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.
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- 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).
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- 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.
- pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- presswoman — a female reporter
- prestamped — stamped in advance
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal