10-letter words containing o, p, t, c, u
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mouthpiece — a piece placed at or forming the mouth, as of a receptacle or tube.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- ocean pout — an eelpout, Macrozoarces americanus, common along the northeastern coast of North America.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- operculate — having an operculum.
- outcompete — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pc support — (job) (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- poop chute — anus or rectum
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- procrustes — a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
- proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- procurator — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projecture — a projection beyond the surface
- prolocutor — a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
- prosciutto — salted ham that has been cured by drying, always sliced paper-thin for serving.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
- pultaceous — resembling pap