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10-letter words containing a, m, p, u

  • 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
  • pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
  • pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
  • polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
  • 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.
  • postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
  • postulatum — a postulate
  • poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • 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.
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • 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.
  • primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
  • procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
  • promptuary — a storehouse
  • promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
  • protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • 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
  • ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
  • puppy farm — an establishment, often with poor conditions for housing the animals, where puppies are bred for profit
  • puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • push media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
  • queen palm — a feather palm, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, of South America, having leaves from 7 to 12 feet (2 to 3½ meters) in length, and large, hanging clusters of small fruit.
  • rajpramukh — (in India) the title given to a governor or raja of a state between 1948 and 1956
  • rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
  • rampasture — a large attic room.
  • rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
  • sampaguita — (in the Philippines) an Arabian jasmine.
  • scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
  • semiopaque — partly or nearly opaque.
  • smarten up — improve appearance
  • sparganium — a marsh plant
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • spermarium — the sperm gland
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
  • stamp duty — land tax
  • steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
  • steamed up — obscured by vapour
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