10-letter words containing o, n, e, a, c
- open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- 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.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- ordonnance — the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, picture, or literary work.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- ouananiche — A salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overglance — to glance over
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- palaeocene — of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 million years
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- 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.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- 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
- per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernoctate — to stay all night
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phone call — telephone call
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.