10-letter words containing c, o, p, r, e
- 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.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- necroscopy — necropsy.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- nonreceipt — Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- octothorpe — hash character
- off-pricer — a seller of off-price merchandise.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- open brace — left brace
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- open cover — a cover of a set consisting entirely of open sets.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overplaced — placed above
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- 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
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- 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
- peppercorn — the berry of the pepper plant, Piper nigrum, dried and used as a condiment, in pickling, etc.