10-letter words containing p, a, c, t
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capo tasto — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- captivance — captivity
- captivated — Simple past tense and past participle of captivate.
- captivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate.
- captivator — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carpellate — having carpels.
- carpenters — Plural form of carpenter.
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- carpetless — Not carpeted.
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- carrot-top — a person with red hair
- cartograph — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- catalepsis — Dated form of catalepsy.
- cataleptic — a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment.
- catapeltic — Pertaining to a catapult or to catapults.
- cataphasia — a speech disorder in which a person constantly repeats a word or phrase.
- cataphasis — Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
- cataphatic — (theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than (apophatic) in terms of what God is not.
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- cataphoric — the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
- cataphract — a defensive armour, often made of link mail, used for the entire body
- cataplasia — the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form
- cataplasms — Plural form of cataplasm.
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- catapultic — of or resembling a catapult
- catawampus — askew; awry
- catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
- catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- catnappers — Plural form of catnapper.
- catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors