10-letter words containing c, l, e, p, t, o
- coprolites — Plural form of coprolite.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- electropop — a genre of pop music characterized by the use of synthesizers to replace guitars and drums
- eolotropic — Alternative spelling of aeolotropic.
- epiglottic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- net.police — /net-p*-lees'/ (Or "net police", "net.cops") Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. See also net.-, code police.
- nilpotence — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- 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.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- pilot cell — one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonectic — characterized by pleonexia