10-letter words containing t, a, p, e
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- 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.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- capacitate — to make legally competent
- capacities — the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
- capacitive — of electrical capacitance
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
- cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- 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.
- capitative — Per head; capitatim.
- 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.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- captivance — captivity
- captivated — Simple past tense and past participle of captivate.
- captivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carpellate — having carpels.
- carpenters — Plural form of carpenter.
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- carpetless — Not carpeted.
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- catalepsis — Dated form of catalepsy.
- cataleptic — a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment.
- catapeltic — Pertaining to a catapult or to catapults.
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- catnappers — Plural form of catnapper.
- cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
- cell plate — (in plant cells) a plate that develops at the midpoint between the two groups of chromosomes in a dividing cell and that is involved in forming the wall between the two new daughter cells.
- cephalitis — encephalitis.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chapatties — Plural form of chapatty.
- chaptalize — to add sugar to (a fermenting wine) to increase the alcohol content
- chapter 11 — the statute regarding the reorganization of a failing business empowering a court to allow the debtors to remain in control of the business to attempt to save it