10-letter words containing p, r, a, e, c
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- landscaper — a gardener who does landscape gardening.
- lap dancer — a scantily dressed woman who dances erotically for individual members of the audience
- laparocele — (medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megaparsec — one million parsecs.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- open brace — left brace
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overplaced — placed above
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- page chair — a chair of the 18th century having deep wings continued to form an arch over the seat.
- palearctic — Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paper clip — small clasp that holds papers together