10-letter words containing c, o, p, y, a, t
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- 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.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae