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

  • cash price — discount
  • cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
  • catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
  • cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
  • cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
  • cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
  • cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
  • cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
  • cephalitis — encephalitis.
  • cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
  • cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
  • cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
  • chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
  • chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
  • champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
  • champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
  • championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • channel op — (messaging)   /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
  • chaparejos — chaps1
  • chapatties — Plural form of chapatty.
  • chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
  • chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
  • chapfallen — dejected; downhearted; crestfallen
  • chaptalize — to add sugar to (a fermenting wine) to increase the alcohol content
  • chapter 11 — the statute regarding the reorganization of a failing business empowering a court to allow the debtors to remain in control of the business to attempt to save it
  • charge-cap — (formerly in Britain) to impose on (a local authority) an upper limit on the community charge it may levy
  • charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
  • cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
  • cheap-jack — a person who sells cheap and shoddy goods
  • cheap-rate — charged at a lower rate
  • cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
  • cheapernet — (networking)   (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
  • cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
  • cheapjacks — Plural form of cheapjack.
  • cheapskate — If you say that someone is a cheapskate, you think that they are mean and do not like spending money.
  • chesapeake — city in SE Va., at the base of Chesapeake Bay: pop. 199,000
  • chest pass — a pass in which the ball is quickly propelled from the chest by the hands and arms.
  • chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
  • chip-based — (of electronic equipment or components) using or incorporating microchips
  • chopfallen — chapfallen
  • chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
  • collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
  • copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
  • copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
  • coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
  • crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
  • ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
  • curateship — the office or position of a curate
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