10-letter words containing o, a, p, e, c
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- laparocele — (medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- megascopic — Visible to the naked eye.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
- moonscapes — Plural form of moonscape.
- napoleonic — pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.