10-letter words containing c, i, s, p, o, n
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- 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.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prick song — written music.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- 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.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scots pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus sylvestris, of Europe and W and N Asia, having blue-green needle-like leaves and brown cones with a small prickle on each scale: a valuable timber tree
- scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- 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
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- toponymics — the study of place-names
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.