10-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- apologetic — If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
- apopemptic — relating to departure, valedictory
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- appendance — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendence — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendical — (generally, chiefly of a book's or of books') Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices.
- appendices — Appendices is a plural form of appendix.
- appendicle — a small appendage
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
- apple cart — a huckster's handcart for selling apples in the street, etc.
- apple core — the inedible part of an apple which contains the pips
- applesauce — a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened; (fig.) (sl.) bunkum, nonsense
- appliances — Plural form of appliance.
- applicable — Something that is applicable to a particular situation is relevant to it or can be applied to it.
- appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- approached — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- approacher — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- approaches — Plural form of approach.
- approvance — approval
- archespore — the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores
- archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
- archetypes — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archetypic — Archetypical.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- area opaca — the opaque area of the blastoderm surrounding the area pellucida.
- ascospores — Plural form of ascospore.
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- at a price — If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- b particle — B meson.
- back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
- backpacked — Simple past tense and past participle of backpack.
- backpacker — A backpacker is a person who goes travelling with a backpack.
- backpaddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backpedals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal.