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10-letter words containing p, a, c, t

  • superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
  • supplicant — supplicating.
  • supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
  • swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
  • synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
  • syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • tachograph — a recording tachometer.
  • tachygraph — tachygraphic writing.
  • tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
  • tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • take place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
  • taper jack — a device for melting sealing wax, having a waxed wick fed through a plate from a reel.
  • taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
  • tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
  • the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
  • tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
  • 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.
  • topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
  • topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • transcript — a written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or made by transcribing.
  • triplicate — one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
  • trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
  • tympanitic — distention of the abdominal wall, as in peritonitis, caused by the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity.
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • typicality — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
  • unaccepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
  • uncaptured — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
  • uncarpeted — having no carpet
  • unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unimpacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
  • unpathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • unpedantic — not pedantic; informal
  • unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
  • usucapient — (of property) in possession of: occupying
  • vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
  • vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
  • voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
  • w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
  • waist pack — fanny pack.
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