10-letter words containing c, a, p, t, o
- pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- paradoctor — a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parodistic — parodic.
- parrot cry — a remark, complaint, etc that is repeated or imitated mechanically without understanding
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- patchcocke — a clown
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrol car — squad car.
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- 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.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- 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 contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- 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.
- pernoctate — to stay all night
- 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
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pictograph — pictogram
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- pocket rat — kangaroo rat (sense 1)
- pocketable — small enough to be carried in one's pocket; pocket-size.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.