10-letter words containing a, s, c, o
- outclasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclass.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parodistic — parodic.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- 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.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- 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.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- 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.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- 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.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- 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.