10-letter words containing s, p, a, c, y
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- rock spray — a low, evergreen, Himalayan shrub, Cotoneaster microphyllus, of the rose family, having shiny leaves with grayish, hairy undersides, white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- salary cap — a maximum limit on salaries.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- shaggy cap — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- spaciality — spatial.
- spasticity — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- speciality — specialty.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spy camera — a hidden, disguised or miniature camera used in espionage
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- suppliancy — suppliance2 .
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae