10-letter words containing d, e, c, n, o
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- odontocete — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, as dolphins, killer whales, and sperm whales, characterized by an asymmetrical skull, a single blowhole, and rows of teeth, feeding primarily on fish, squid, and crustaceans.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- ordonnance — the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, picture, or literary work.
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- precondemn — to condemn beforehand, as before a legitimate trial.
- preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- proceeding — proceeds. something that results or accrues. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- procidence — a prolapse
- pronounced — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- radiogenic — Physics. produced by radioactive decay: radiogenic lead; radiogenic heat.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- reconvened — to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- redocument — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- reinforced — (of a material, structure, etc) strengthened or supported
- ropedancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scene dock — dock1 (def 7).
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- second-run — designating or of:
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.