10-letter words containing a, l, p, r
- carpellate — having carpels.
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.
- carpetless — Not carpeted.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- chaparrals — Plural form of chaparral.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- clapperboy — a boy who operates a clapper
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- claret cup — an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- click-wrap — a license agreement that appears as an icon during the setup of a software program or online service and must be clicked on to agree to its terms.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- clip frame — a picture frame that is held together by clips attaching the glass to the backing
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collapsars — Plural form of collapsar.
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- comparable — Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
- comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compilator — a compiler
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- coprolalia — obsessive use of obscene or foul language
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
- corn plant — any of several treelike tropical plants of the genus Draecena, especially D. fragrans massangeana, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- corporally — of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering.
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- crab apple — A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit.
- cradle cap — a form of seborrhoea of the scalp common in young babies
- cramp ball — a hard round blackish ascomycetous fungus, Daldinia concentrica, characteristically found on the bark of ash trees and formerly carried to ward off cramp. The specific name refers to the concentric rings revealed if the fungus is sliced
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- curl paper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- curly palm — a feather palm, Howea belmoreana, of Lord Howe Island, having plumy leaves about 7 feet (2.1 meter) long.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- d particle — D meson.
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.