10-letter words containing i, l, c, o
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- ponticello — a bridge on a stringed instrument
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- protocolic — relating to protocol
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
- r-coloring — the auditory quality of an r- sound given to a vowel, resulting from retroflex articulation or bunching of the tongue.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiologic — of or relating to radiology.
- radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- reactional — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reblocking — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recoilless — having little or no recoil: a recoilless rifle.
- recolonize — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- reconciler — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- rejoiceful — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- relocation — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.