10-letter words containing o, c, t, p
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- boat patch — an oval patch for plywood, terminating in a point at each end.
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- bust chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- by-product — A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- capitation — a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capo tasto — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- captivator — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- carrot-top — a person with red hair
- cartograph — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- cataphoric — the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
- catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices