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10-letter words containing c, a, p, i, o

  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
  • scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
  • scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
  • schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
  • scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
  • slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
  • sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
  • spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
  • spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
  • spec ratio — (benchmark)   Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
  • speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
  • spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
  • spondaical — composed of spondees
  • sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
  • supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
  • topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
  • topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
  • urographic — of or relating to urography
  • vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
  • voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
  • xiphopagic — making up or constituting a xiphopagus
  • zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.
  • zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.
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