10-letter words containing p, a, c, t
- apolaustic — concerned with or dedicated to enjoyment
- apolitical — Someone who is apolitical is not interested in politics.
- apologetic — If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
- apopemptic — relating to departure, valedictory
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- apotropaic — preventing or intended to prevent evil
- apple cart — a huckster's handcart for selling apples in the street, etc.
- applicants — Plural form of applicant.
- applicator — An applicator is a device that you use to put something somewhere when you do not want to touch it or do it with your hands.
- appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- aprication — the act of sunbathing or basking in the sun
- archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
- archetypes — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archetypic — Archetypical.
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- artocarpus — a genus of the mulberry family, originating in Asia, species of which include the jackfruit and the breadfruit
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- at a price — If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- b particle — B meson.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.