10-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- osteogenic — derived from or made up of bone-forming tissue.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parischane — a parish
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- pendencies — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pennycress — any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, especially T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- precedents — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- predescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.