10-letter words containing p, a, e
- asian pear — a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- aspartates — Plural form of aspartate.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
- assumptive — taken for granted.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- at a price — If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- atropatene — Media Atropatene.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- 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.
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- autorepeat — Any feature that repeats an action automatically.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- b particle — B meson.
- back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
- backpacked — Simple past tense and past participle of backpack.
- backpacker — A backpacker is a person who goes travelling with a backpack.
- backpaddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backpedals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of backspace.
- backspaces — Plural form of backspace.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
- bank paper — bank notes collectively
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.