10-letter words containing c, o, e, m, p
- copperworm — a shipworm, Teredo navalis
- copromoter — a joint promoter
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decomposed — having been subject to decomposition
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompose.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- emmetropic — Pertaining to emmetropia.
- empedocles — ?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord
- epagomenic — Intercalary.
- epigenomic — (genetics) Describing a representation of the gene expression, DNA methylation and histone modification status of a particular genomic region.
- epimorphic — (zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- incomposed — (obsolete) disordered; disturbed.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- 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.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.