10-letter words containing s, t, a, c
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patchstand — a small tazza.
- patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patristics — patrology (def 1).
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- 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.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postattack — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- psittacism — mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.