10-letter words containing c, o, p, r, h
- perchloric — of or derived from perchloric acid.
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phosphoric — of or containing phosphorus, especially in the pentavalent state.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polychroic — having many colours
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polychromy — the art of employing many colors in decoration, as in painting or architecture.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- pro-choice — supporting or advocating legalized abortion.
- prochloron — any spherical, photosynthetic, prokaryotic microorganism of the genus Prochloron, occurring in subtropical and tropical habitats in symbiosis with various invertebrates, especially marine chordates, proposed as ancestral to the chloroplast of green algae and plants.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- pyrochlore — a mineral, chiefly composed of niobates of the cerium metals, occurring in syenites in the form of brown crystals.
- pyrophobic — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrophoric — capable of igniting spontaneously in air.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- rockhopper — a small penguin, Eudyptes crestatus, of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and New Zealand, with a yellow crest on each side of its head
- rough copy — writing: early draft
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- supermacho — extremely macho