9-letter words containing c, s, p, r
- 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.
- cupressus — any tree of the genus Cupressus
- curseperl — A curses library for Perl by the author of Perl, Larry Wall <[email protected]>. It comes with Perl.
- cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
- cutpurses — Plural form of cutpurse.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cypresses — Plural form of cypress.
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- dioptrics — the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- discerped — Simple past tense and past participle of discerp.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dyspraxic — Of or pertaining to dyspraxia.
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- 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).
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epicrisis — a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- esperance — (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- 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.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- 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.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.