10-letter words containing n, o, c, r, y
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- prepotency — the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- revolvency — the act or state of revolving
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rock candy — sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.
- rock-candy — sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- trichogyne — a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.
- tyrocidine — an antibiotic that is the main constituent of tyrothricin
- unforcedly — in an unforced manner
- up country — away from the coast or the capital
- urinoscopy — uroscopy.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.
- zygobranch — a creature belonging to the Zygobranchia genus, which includes molluscs with paired gills