10-letter words containing p, e, c, k
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- pat-a-cake — a children's game in which a child claps hands alone and with another child while chanting a nursery rhyme.
- patchcocke — a clown
- patty-cake — pat-a-cake.
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- pay packet — Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week.
- pea jacket — a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.
- peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- penderecki — Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pick-me-up — an alcoholic drink taken to restore one's energy or good spirits.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- place kick — a kick in which the ball is placed in position before it is kicked
- place-kick — to make (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a place kick.
- plate rack — a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pocket rat — kangaroo rat (sense 1)
- pocketable — small enough to be carried in one's pocket; pocket-size.
- pocketbook — a woman's purse or handbag.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- poke check — an attempt to deprive an opponent of the puck by pushing it away with one's stick. Compare check1 (def 37).
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- pre-cooked — Pre-cooked food has been prepared and cooked in advance so that it only needs to be heated quickly before you eat it.
- pre-packed — Pre-packed goods are packed or wrapped before they are sent to the shop where they are sold.
- prepackage — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.