10-letter words containing o, c, t, p, l
- epiglottic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- 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.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- 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.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lipotropic — having an affinity for lipids and thus preventing or correcting excess accumulation of fat in the liver.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- net.police — /net-p*-lees'/ (Or "net police", "net.cops") Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. See also net.-, code police.
- nilpotence — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- noncapital — (of an offense) not punishable by death.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophiolitic — composed of, or relating to ophiolite
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- outspeckle — a spectacle