10-letter words containing o, s, c, i, t
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
- officiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of officiate.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- old fustic — a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
- omniscient — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- oncologist — (oncology) A doctor or scientist who specializes in oncology.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- optic disc — a small oval-shaped area on the retina marking the site of entrance into the eyeball of the optic nerve
- optic disk — blind spot (sense 1)
- optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchestics — the art of dancing
- orchestric — relating to dancing
- orchiditis — inflammation of the testis.
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osmometric — Relating to osmometry.
- osteogenic — derived from or made up of bone-forming tissue.
- osterreich — German name of Austria.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- ostrichism — the act of refusing to accept reality or hiding one's head in the sand
- otomycosis — (pathology) a fungal ear infection.
- outscoring — Present participle of outscore.
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- parodistic — parodic.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitch shot — a shot in which the ball is hit high into the air and with backspin to ensure little roll upon landing, used in approaching the green.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.