10-letter words containing o, n, c, p
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- cotton top — a person with extremely light-colored hair.
- count upon — depend on, rely on
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cowpersons — Plural form of cowperson.
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown post — any vertical member in a roof truss, especially a king post.
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cryptozoon — an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cynopodous — (of some mammals, such as dogs) having claws that do not retract
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- deceptions — Plural form of deception.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- depictions — representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration: Picasso's painting Guernica is an accurate depiction of the horrors of war.
- desciption — Misspelling of description.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- do penance — make amends for sth
- docentship — privatdocent.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encopresis — Involuntary defecation, especially associated with emotional disturbance or psychiatric disorder.
- encryption — (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document...