10-letter words containing c, o, u, p
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- mouthpiece — a piece placed at or forming the mouth, as of a receptacle or tube.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- ocean pout — an eelpout, Macrozoarces americanus, common along the northeastern coast of North America.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- outcompete — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- 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.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- pc support — (job) (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- 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.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- poculiform — having the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- poop chute — anus or rectum