10-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- oort cloud — a region of the solar system far beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto in which billions of comets move in nearly circular orbits unless one is pulled into a highly eccentric elliptical orbit by a passing star. Compare Kuiper belt.
- oracle rdb — (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchardman — A man who owns or tends an orchard.
- orchiditis — inflammation of the testis.
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- ordonnance — the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, picture, or literary work.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of outcross.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
- outsourced — Simple past tense and past participle of outsource.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcloud.
- overcooked — Simple past tense and past participle of overcook.
- overcredit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- overcrowds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrowd.
- overdirect — excessively direct
- overplaced — placed above
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- paradoctor — a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.
- parodistic — parodic.
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- pdc prolog — Prolog Development Centre Prolog. A Prolog evolved from Turbo Prolog by the original authors.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- 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.
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pre-cooked — Pre-cooked food has been prepared and cooked in advance so that it only needs to be heated quickly before you eat it.