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10-letter words containing o, n, c, p, r

  • open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
  • open cover — a cover of a set consisting entirely of open sets.
  • open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
  • opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
  • orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
  • pancreato- — pancreas
  • panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
  • paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
  • paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
  • peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • peppercorn — the berry of the pepper plant, Piper nigrum, dried and used as a condiment, in pickling, etc.
  • per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
  • perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perceptron — 1. A single McCulloch-Pitts neuron. 2. A network of neurons in which the output(s) of some neurons are connected through weighted connections to the input(s) of other neurons. A multilayer perceptron is a specific instance of this.
  • percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
  • perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  • periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
  • pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
  • pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • pernoctate — to stay all night
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
  • phone card — calling card (def 3).
  • picrotoxin — a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C 3 0 H 3 4 O 1 3 , obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
  • pin clover — alfilaria.
  • pl cornell — Programming Language/Cornell
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • ponderance — weight or significance
  • pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
  • pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
  • porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
  • pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
  • pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
  • precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
  • precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
  • preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
  • preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
  • preconcert — preceding a concert: a preconcert reception for sponsors.
  • precondemn — to condemn beforehand, as before a legitimate trial.
  • preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
  • preconsume — to consume in advance
  • precontact — prior contact
  • precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
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