10-letter words containing c, o, p, a, r, e
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- laparocele — (medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- 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.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- open brace — left brace
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overplaced — placed above
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
- 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.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- 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.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- 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.
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernoctate — to stay all night