10-letter words containing c, a, p, s, o
- 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.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- 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.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- rock spray — a low, evergreen, Himalayan shrub, Cotoneaster microphyllus, of the rose family, having shiny leaves with grayish, hairy undersides, white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- 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.
- sarcoplasm — the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.