10-letter words containing a, l, p, n, c
- placentate — having a placenta.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- 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.
- planetical — planetary
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- play, inc. — (company) The company which designed and markets Snappy Video Snapshot.
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polyclonal — Biology. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from several lines of clones.
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- principial — original, elementary
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- pulp canal — root canal.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctulate — studded with minute points or dots.
- repellance — the act of repelling; a repellent quality or trait, repellence
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods