10-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overplaced — placed above
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- pacificate — to pacify.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- paclitaxel — a drug derived from the yew tree and used to treat cancer
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- page chair — a chair of the 18th century having deep wings continued to form an arch over the seat.
- palaeocene — of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 million years
- palaeozoic — of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period
- pale-faced — having a pale face
- palearctic — Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- paper clip — small clasp that holds papers together
- paper-clip — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
- 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.
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- parallel c — 1. (language, parallel) Never implemented, but influenced the design of C*. [Details?] 2. C for the transputer by 3L. 3. (PC) Extensions to C developed at the University of Houston providing a shared memory SIMD model on message passing computers. E-mail: Ridgway Scott <[email protected]>.
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- parametric — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- paraplegic — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.