10-letter words containing p, e, a, m
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
- part-timer — a person who works, attends school, etc., less than full time.
- party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
- party time — the season for parties
- 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
- peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peach palm — a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.
- pearmonger — a seller of pears
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- peking man — the skeletal remains of Homo erectus, formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis, found at Zhoukoudian, near Peking, China, in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- pentameter — a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
- 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.
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- per curiam — by the court
- perimetral — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- permadeath — (in a game, often a video game) the permanent death of a defeated character, after which the player of the game cannot continue with the same character.
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
- permanency — permanence.
- permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permillage — a rate or proportion per thousand. Compare percentage (def 1).
- permutable — to alter; change.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
- phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phenomenal — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonematic — phonemic.
- 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).
- pig farmer — sb who raises pigs for meat
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.