10-letter words containing o, n, c, p
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- palaeocene — of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 million years
- pali canon — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- 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.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- 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).
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pectinogen — protopectin.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic 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