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10-letter words containing p, a, c, h, e

  • 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.
  • pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
  • planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
  • poachiness — the state of being poachy
  • polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
  • pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • preachment — the act of preaching.
  • 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.
  • pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
  • ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
  • reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
  • redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
  • sachemship — the office of a sachem
  • sand perch — squirrelfish.
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • scapewheel — escape wheel.
  • scrap heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
  • scrap-heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
  • shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
  • sheep race — a single-file walkway for sheep at the entrance to a sheep-dip
  • sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
  • show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
  • shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
  • sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
  • snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
  • sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
  • space shoe — a custom shoe molded to the contours of the wearer's foot
  • space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
  • speech act — any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.
  • speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
  • sphacelate — affected with gangrene
  • spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
  • supermacho — extremely macho
  • tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
  • tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
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