10-letter words containing y, c, a
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- 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.
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- piccaninny — pickaninny.
- pickaninny — a term used to refer to a black child.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- 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.
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- play, inc. — (company) The company which designed and markets Snappy Video Snapshot.
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polyclonal — Biology. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from several lines of clones.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- 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.
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- pyracantha — firethorn.