6-letter words containing e, o, c
- ocelli — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- ocelot — a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- ochone — an expression of sorrow or regret
- ochrea — ocrea.
- ochred — to color or mark with ocher.
- ocreae — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octane — any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 1 8 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octave — Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone. the interval encompassed by such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- octets — Plural form of octet.
- octile — (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.
- oecist — a person who colonizes, particularly in Ancient Greece
- office — Microsoft Office
- on cue — (in the theatre, films, music, etc) anything spoken or done that serves as a signal to an actor, musician, etc, to follow with specific lines or action
- on ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- oncers — Plural form of oncer.
- oncest — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- oneact — a short play consisting of one act.
- oocyte — an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- opcode — (computing) A mnemonic used to refer to a microprocessor instruction in assembly language.
- orache — any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- oracle — Oracle Corporation
- orcein — a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oscine — of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- ouched — a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- ouches — a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- ouncer — something weighing a specified number of ounces (used in combination): The deluxe hamburger is an eight-ouncer.
- ounces — Plural form of ounce.
- p-code — (language) The intermediate language produced by the Pascal-P compiler. P-code is the assembly language for a hypothetical stack machine, the P-machine, said to imitate the instruction set of the Burroughs 6700. The term was first used in the Wirth reference below. Byte articles on writing a Pascal Compiler in Northstar BASIC (ca Aug 1978) also used the term. P-code was initially the intermediate code generated by the P2 compiler from ETH Zurich. P-code was later used as the intermediate language in the UCSD Pascal System, and in its two main derivatives, Apple Pascal and the UCSD P-system. Variants: P2 P-code, P4 P-code, UCSD P-code, LASL P-code.
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- pocked — marked with pustules or with pits left by them; pitted.
- pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poetic — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- pomace — the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- poncey — If you say that someone or something is poncey, you mean you do not like them because they are too feminine or artistic.
- poonce — a male homosexual
- potche — to thrust, pierce, or stab
- pounce — to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- procne — a princess of Athens, who punished her husband for raping her sister Philomela by feeding him the flesh of their son. She was changed at her death into a swallow
- reccos — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- reckon — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- recoal — to supply (an engine, fire, etc) or (of an engine, fire, etc) to be loaded with fresh coal
- recoat — to coat (something) again or with a new coat of paint, varnish, etc
- recode — a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message: Morse code.
- recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recoin — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- recomb — to comb again
- recook — to cook (something) again
- recopy — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.