10-letter words containing p, l, e, a
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- black pope — the head of the Jesuit order (so called from the power he once possessed and from the black habit worn by the order).
- blackplate — cold-rolled sheet steel before pickling or cleaning.
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue-plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- butt plate — a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- calciphile — calcicole.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camelopard — giraffe
- campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
- cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.