10-letter words containing s, a, m, p
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- 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.
- 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).
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- pianissimo — very soft.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosoma — a nucleolus
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- 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
- possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- 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.
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.