10-letter words containing a, l, p, h, c
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- 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.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- paschal ii — (Ranieri) died 1118, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1099–1118.
- pathetical — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- peach palm — a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phone call — telephone call
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- ralph cram — Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, U.S. architect and writer.