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10-letter words containing i, p, r, o, c, l

  • lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
  • lipotropic — having an affinity for lipids and thus preventing or correcting excess accumulation of fat in the liver.
  • low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
  • microphyll — (botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
  • micropolis — a small city
  • micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
  • micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
  • microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
  • necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
  • necrophily — Necrophilia.
  • necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
  • old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
  • patrilocal — virilocal.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • perchloric — of or derived from perchloric acid.
  • periculous — dangerous; perilous
  • periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
  • pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • pin clover — alfilaria.
  • pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
  • pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
  • poculiform — having the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
  • police car — squad car.
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
  • polychroic — having many colours
  • polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
  • polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
  • polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
  • polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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