10-letter words containing a, s, c, p
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pacificism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- pacificist — a person who is opposed to violence
- pacifistic — of or relating to pacifism or pacifists.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- papistical — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- paradisaic — paradisiacal.
- paradisiac — of, like, or befitting paradise.
- paraphasic — of, resembling, or exhibiting paraphasia
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- parischane — a parish
- parodistic — parodic.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- paschal ii — (Ranieri) died 1118, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1099–1118.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patchstand — a small tazza.
- patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patristics — patrology (def 1).
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.