10-letter words containing p, a, t
- apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
- apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
- 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
- apotheoses — Plural form of apotheosis.
- apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
- apotropaic — preventing or intended to prevent evil
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- apparating — Present participle of apparate.
- apparation — (obsolete) A preparation.
- apparently — You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true.
- apparition — An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.
- appellants — Plural form of appellant.
- appendants — Plural form of appendant.
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appetisers — Plural form of appetiser.
- appetising — (mostly, British) alternative spelling of appetizing.
- appetition — a desire or craving directed towards a specific object, goal, or purpose
- appetitive — pertaining to appetite.
- appetizers — Plural form of appetizer.
- appetizing — Appetizing food looks and smells good, so that you want to eat it.
- apple cart — a huckster's handcart for selling apples in the street, etc.
- apple tart — a pastry case filled with apples, with or without pastry on top
- 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.
- appointees — a person who is appointed.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointing — Present participle of appoint.
- appointive — relating to or filled by appointment
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- appomattox — a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- appositive — standing in apposition
- 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.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- appretiate — Archaic form of appreciate.
- approbated — Simple past tense and past participle of approbate.
- aprication — the act of sunbathing or basking in the sun
- apterygial — (of eels, certain insects, etc) lacking such paired limbs as wings or fins
- apterygote — belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis.
- aquaplanet — (astronomy) A planet having a considerable amount of surface water.
- 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