10-letter words containing c, o, p, y, t
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- procryptic — serving to conceal an animal from predators.
- proctology — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- protectory — an institution for the care of destitute or delinquent children.
- prototypic — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- 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.
- pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
- toponymics — the study of place-names
- touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
- 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
- typhogenic — producing typhus or typhoid fever.
- up country — away from the coast or the capital
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.