10-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentateuch — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
- per capita — per person
- per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- per curiam — by the court
- percentage — a rate or proportion per hundred.
- perceptual — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- periapical — encompassing or surrounding the tip of the root of a tooth.
- pericardia — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- perl-byacc — A modified version of byacc that generates a parser in Perl code, by Rick Ohnemus <[email protected]>. It has a "-p" switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or Perl). Version 1.8.2 should work on most Unix systems. It also works with SAS/C 6.x on Amiga.
- permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
- permanency — permanence.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernoctate — to stay all night
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- petechiate — having or marked with petechiae.
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phenacaine — a compound, C 1 8 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , usually used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic for the eye.
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- 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.
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phone call — telephone call
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal