10-letter words containing p, a, c
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- apotropaic — preventing or intended to prevent evil
- appalachia — a highland region of the eastern US, containing the Appalachian Mountains, extending from Pennsylvania to Alabama
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- appendance — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendence — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendical — (generally, chiefly of a book's or of books') Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices.
- appendices — Appendices is a plural form of appendix.
- appendicle — a small appendage
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
- apple cart — a huckster's handcart for selling apples in the street, etc.
- apple core — the inedible part of an apple which contains the pips
- applesauce — a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened; (fig.) (sl.) bunkum, nonsense
- appliances — Plural form of appliance.
- applicable — Something that is applicable to a particular situation is relevant to it or can be applied to it.
- applicably — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- 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.
- approached — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- approacher — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- approaches — Plural form of approach.
- approvance — approval
- aprication — the act of sunbathing or basking in the sun
- aquaphobic — abnormally afraid of water
- aquaponics — a farming system that circulates wastewater from animal aquaculture to hydroponically cultivated plants, whereby the plants draw nutrients from the waste and filter the water, allowing for its recycled use by the aquatic animals.
- archbishop — In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
- archespore — the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores
- 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.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- archiplasm — archoplasm
- archoplasm — the protoplasmic material surrounding the centrosome, formerly thought to be involved in the formation of the asters and spindle during mitosis
- 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
- area opaca — the opaque area of the blastoderm surrounding the area pellucida.
- army corps — a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
- artocarpus — a genus of the mulberry family, originating in Asia, species of which include the jackfruit and the breadfruit
- ascocarpic — relating to an ascocarp
- ascospores — Plural form of ascospore.
- ascosporic — relating to an ascospore
- 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