10-letter words containing c, r, o, s, p
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- crepe sole — a shoe sole made of crepe rubber
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- cross-post — a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crosspiece — a transverse beam, joist, etc
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown post — any vertical member in a roof truss, especially a king post.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryoprobes — Plural form of cryoprobe.
- cryoscopes — Plural form of cryoscope.
- cryoscopic — Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectoprocts — Plural form of ectoproct.
- encopresis — Involuntary defecation, especially associated with emotional disturbance or psychiatric disorder.
- entoprocts — Plural form of entoproct.
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.