10-letter words containing p, a, t, c, h
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- speech act — any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- tachograph — a recording tachometer.
- tachygraph — tachygraphic writing.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- 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.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae