10-letter words containing p, c, e
- fiberoptic — of or relating to instruments utilizing fiber optics.
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
- filler cap — a device sealing the filling pipe to the petrol tank in a motor vehicle
- fingerpick — a plectrum.worn on the finger.
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyspeck 3 — (humour) A standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for 10-point Helvetica. Legal boilerplate is usually printed in Flyspeck 3.
- flyspecked — Covered with flyspecks.
- foetoscope — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fetoscope.
- foetoscopy — Alternative form of fetoscopy.
- forage cap — (formerly) a small, low, undress cap.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- force-ripe — (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- free space — unused memory or storage
- french dip — a hot sandwich of roast beef, pork, or lamb, served on a crusty roll over which seasoned pan juices are poured.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- funnel cap — any of various basidiomycetous fungi of the genus Clitocybe, characterized by the funnel-shaped caps and, usually, markedly decurrent gills
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- genophobic — Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- geoponical — agricultural
- gin palace — (formerly) a gaudy drinking house
- give place — to make room
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- grease cup — oilcup.
- greenpeace — an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a balance between human progress and environmental conservation. Members take active but nonviolent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmental safety, such as the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- hard peach — a clingstone peach.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.