10-letter words containing p, a, y, t
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- cityscapes — Plural form of cityscape.
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- compactify — to make or become compact
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- copycatted — Simple past tense and past participle of copycat.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cycle path — A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- cytopathic — of or relating to cytopathy
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- cytoplasts — Plural form of cytoplast.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depuratory — Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O