10-letter words containing p, c, e
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
- lip pencil — a make-up pencil used for outlining, shaping or colouring the lips
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lipsticked — Decorated with lipstick.
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- livescript — JavaScript
- lockkeeper — The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- make peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- make-peace — a peacemaker.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- meconopsis — Any of several poppy-like plants, of the genus Meconopsis, most of which are found in the Himalayas.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- mediascape — Communications media as a whole.
- megaparsec — one million parsecs.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- megascopic — Visible to the naked eye.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.