10-letter words containing c, o, e, x, r
- xenocrates — 396–314 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- xerodermic — pertaining to xeroderma
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xerox parc — /zee'roks park'/ Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center. For more than a decade, from the early 1970s into the mid-1980s, PARC yielded an astonishing volume of ground-breaking hardware and software innovations. The modern mice, windows, and icons (WIMP) style of software interface was invented there. So was the laser printer and the local-area network; Smalltalk; and PARC's series of D machines anticipated the powerful personal computers of the 1980s by a decade. Sadly, the prophets at PARC were without honour in their own company, so much so that it became a standard joke to describe PARC as a place that specialised in developing brilliant ideas for everyone else. The stunning shortsightedness and obtusity of XEROX's top-level suits has been well described in the reference below.
- xylochrome — a colouring agent made from the chemical alteration of decomposed wood