10-letter words containing c, r, a, p
- 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.
- piece rate — compensation based on a worker's quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out.
- pilgarlick — a bald person; a person looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity
- piracicaba — a city in SE Brazil, NW of São Paulo.
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- 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.
- pocket rat — kangaroo rat (sense 1)
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- 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.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- postocular — located behind the eye
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practician — a practitioner or practiser of any profession, skill, or art
- practicing — actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- 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-access — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- 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.
- pre-packed — Pre-packed goods are packed or wrapped before they are sent to the shop where they are sold.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- prechamber — A prechamber in an engine is a small area, usually in the cylinder head, in which combustion is started before fuel enters into the main combustion chamber.
- precontact — prior contact
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.