10-letter words containing c, o, r, e, i, p
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- projecting — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- protecting — providing protection or shelter.
- protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- protreptic — an educational book or speech
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- 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
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- 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.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- telecopier — a fax machine
- theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.