9-letter words containing o, c, t, p, e
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locuplete — amply stocked
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
- octopodes — (rare) Irregular plural form of octopus.
- octopuses — Plural form of octopus.
- octuplets — Plural form of octuplet.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- osteocope — severe pain in the bones, especially that occurring in syphilitic persons.
- otoscopes — Plural form of otoscope.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perfector — a person who completes or makes something perfect
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- petticoat — slip worn under a skirt
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.