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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.
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