10-letter words containing c, a, t, l, p
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- face-plant — to fall onto one's face, esp when skiing or snowboarding
- faceplates — Plural form of faceplate.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- flight cap — a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- implicated — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- inch plant — any of several creeping or sprawling tropical American plants of the genus Callisia, having sometimes fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- inculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of inculpate.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- kick plate — a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches.
- kick pleat — an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metaleptic — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- noncapital — (of an offense) not punishable by death.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.