10-letter words containing p, l, a, s, m, i
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- 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.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- simplicial — relating to simplexes
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- small pica — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 11 point
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- spiral arm — any of the elongated and curved spiral sections that are connected to the center of a spiral galaxy.
- stamp mill — a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- tamaulipas — a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Capital: Ciudad Victoria.
- time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.