10-letter words containing c, l, o, t, r
- multicolor — of many colors; multicolored.
- multocular — having several or many eyes or ommatidia
- necrolater — a person who worships the dead
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- neoterical — Alternative form of neoteric.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- noncentral — not central, esp referring to location or importance
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- oculomotor — moving or tending to move the eyeball: an oculomotor muscle.
- old turkic — the Turkic languages or dialects spoken in Central Asia from the 8th to the 10th centuries.
- 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.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- oratorical — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- oryctology — the study of fossils, minerals, and rocks
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrol car — squad car.
- 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.
- 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
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- proctology — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.