10-letter words containing c, l, y, p, e
- eye splice — an eye formed in a rope by splicing the end into its standing part
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyspeck 3 — (humour) A standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for 10-point Helvetica. Legal boilerplate is usually printed in Flyspeck 3.
- flyspecked — Covered with flyspecks.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- hype cycle — a term coined by Gartner to refer to the five phases he considers a new technology or product to go through from its launch to its stabilization on the market
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- 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.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- peacefully — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perl-byacc — A modified version of byacc that generates a parser in Perl code, by Rick Ohnemus <[email protected]>. It has a "-p" switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or Perl). Version 1.8.2 should work on most Unix systems. It also works with SAS/C 6.x on Amiga.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- princessly — resembling a princess