10-letter words containing c, a, r, p, l
- participle — an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- patricidal — the act of killing one's own father.
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- 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.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- 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.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- 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.
- periapical — encompassing or surrounding the tip of the root of a tooth.
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- 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.
- 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
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pilgarlick — a bald person; a person looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- place card — a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where he or she is to sit.
- plate rack — a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- police car — squad car.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.