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8-letter words containing o, c, t, p

  • crompton — Richmal, full name Richmal Crompton Lamburn. 1890–1969, British children's author, best known for her Just William stories
  • crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
  • crop top — A crop top is a very short, usually tight, top worn by a girl or a woman.
  • crowstep — corbiestep.
  • cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
  • depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
  • despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
  • dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
  • diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
  • dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
  • dystopic — Dystopian.
  • ecotypes — Plural form of ecotype.
  • ecotypic — Of or pertaining to an ecotype.
  • ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
  • entoptic — (of visual sensation) resulting from structures within the eye itself
  • entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
  • epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
  • epitomic — Embodying, summarizing, encapsulating.
  • epitonic — undergoing too great a strain
  • epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
  • ethiopic — the ancient language of Ethiopia, belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a Christian liturgical language
  • euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
  • eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
  • exceptor — a person who excepts or takes exception (to something)
  • footpace — walking pace.
  • helicopt — to fly or transport using a helicopter
  • holoptic — of, relating to, or having eyes that meet at the top of the head
  • hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
  • hotchpot — the bringing together of shares or properties in order to divide them equally, especially when they are to be divided among the children of a parent dying intestate.
  • hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  • hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
  • hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
  • impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
  • impocket — to put in a pocket
  • inceptor — to take in; ingest.
  • isotopic — any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
  • isotypic — of or relating to an isotype.
  • jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
  • kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
  • leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
  • leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
  • lipocyte — fat cell.
  • listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
  • lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
  • lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
  • lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
  • mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
  • mopstick — a mop handle
  • nectopod — (in certain mollusks) an appendage modified for swimming.
  • notch up — make score marks to count
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