9-letter words containing c, r, o, s, p
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- cosponsor — a person, company, or other organization that is one of the two sponsors of an event or initiative
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cparaops5 — (language) A parallel version of OPS5 written at CMU, in C and compiling to C. CParaOps5 is available for Unix, Mach, Encore Multimaxen, and Sequent.
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crockpots — Plural form of crockpot.
- crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- cross-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running diagonally to stiffen the sidewalls
- crosspost — (computing) An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
- cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
- cryoscopy — the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- cs-prolog — Distributed logic language. "CS-Prolog on Multi-Transputer Systems", I. Futo et al, Microprocessors & Microsystems, March 1989.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- dioptrics — the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- gyroscope — 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.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- job corps — an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.