10-letter words containing a, c, e, n, p
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- decampment — The act of decamping.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- dependance — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- do penance — make amends for sth
- eigenspace — (linear algebra) A set of the eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
- el capitan — a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada: a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Height: 2306 m (7564 ft)
- elecampane — A plant that has yellow daisylike flowers with long slender petals and bitter aromatic roots that are used in herbal medicine, native to central Asia.
- emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
- emancipist — (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
- encampment — A place with temporary accommodations consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- epagomenic — Intercalary.
- epicanthic — Denoting a fold of skin from the upper eyelid covering the inner angle of the eye, typical in many peoples of eastern Asia and found as a congenital abnormality elsewhere.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epicentral — Of or pertaining to an epicentre.
- epicranium — (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
- epicureans — Plural form of epicurean.
- episcopant — a bishop
- escapement — A mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
- escarpment — A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
- etanercept — A drug that treats autoimmune diseases by interfering with the TNF receptor (part of the immune system).
- ethnoscape — A transnational distribution of correlated people.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- expectance — Anticipation, hope.
- expectancy — The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something pleasant, will happen or be the case.
- face-plant — to fall onto one's face, esp when skiing or snowboarding
- funnel cap — any of various basidiomycetous fungi of the genus Clitocybe, characterized by the funnel-shaped caps and, usually, markedly decurrent gills
- geoponical — agricultural
- gin palace — (formerly) a gaudy drinking house
- greenpeace — an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a balance between human progress and environmental conservation. Members take active but nonviolent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmental safety, such as the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartance — Impartation.
- impatience — lack of patience.