10-letter words containing c, y, p
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- escape key — a key on a computer keyboard used to leave a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- especially — Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- eucalyptus — A fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere . It is valued for its timber, oil, gum, and resin, and as an ornamental tree.
- everyplace — (US, informal) Everywhere.
- expecially — Misspelling of especially.
- expectably — In an expectable manner.
- expectancy — The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something pleasant, will happen or be the case.
- expectedly — In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
- expediency — The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
- explicably — in an explicable manner
- explicitly — In an explicit manner.
- eye splice — an eye formed in a rope by splicing the end into its standing part
- eyepatches — Plural form of eyepatch.
- fanny pack — a small zippered pouch suspended from a belt around the waist.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyspeck 3 — (humour) A standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for 10-point Helvetica. Legal boilerplate is usually printed in Flyspeck 3.
- flyspecked — Covered with flyspecks.
- foetoscopy — Alternative form of fetoscopy.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- graphicacy — the ability to understand and use maps, plans, symbols, etc
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- 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.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- haptically — By means of touch.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- 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.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hype cycle — a term coined by Gartner to refer to the five phases he considers a new technology or product to go through from its launch to its stabilization on the market
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.