10-letter words containing s, a, m, p, h
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- 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.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- march past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- march-past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- marigraphs — Plural form of marigraph.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- mastopathy — any disease of the breast.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- midshipman — a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def 2).
- mis-shaped — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misophonia — A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.
- misshaping — Present participle of misshape.
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- monophasia — (pathology) A type of aphasia where the sufferer is only able to speak a single word or sentence.
- monophasic — having one phase.
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- musophobia — Fear of mice.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mysophobia — a dread of dirt or filth.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pansophism — a claim or pretension to pansophy.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- pharisaism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- 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).