10-letter words containing p, a, c, t
- proctorage — the duty of a proctor
- procurator — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- protectant — a substance, as a chemical spray, that provides protection, as against insects, frost, rust, etc.; protective agent.
- protocolar — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protractor — a person or thing that protracts.
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- psittacism — mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- public act — public law (def 1).
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punctulate — studded with minute points or dots.
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- race plate — a metallic, plastic, or wooden strip directly in front of the reed on the lay of a loom, along which the shuttle travels in its passage through the shed.
- rapid city — a city in SW South Dakota.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- recapturer — a person who recaptures something or someone
- recarpeted — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- receptacle — a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash.
- recuperate — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- red carpet — a red strip of carpet placed on the ground for high-ranking dignitaries to walk on when entering or leaving a building, vehicle, or the like.
- red packet — a sum of money folded inside red paper and given at the Chinese New Year to unmarried younger relatives
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- repentance — deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- respectant — aspectant.
- rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- sculptural — relating to sculpture
- septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.