10-letter words containing p, c, e
- nepotistic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- net.police — /net-p*-lees'/ (Or "net police", "net.cops") Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. See also net.-, code police.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nightpiece — a work of art representing a night scene
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nilpotence — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- noncompete — (legal) Of or pertaining to a commitment not to engage in competition with another party.
- noncomplex — not complex or complicated; simple
- nonreceipt — Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- nosepieces — Plural form of nosepiece.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- ocean pout — an eelpout, Macrozoarces americanus, common along the northeastern coast of North America.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- octothorpe — hash character
- oenophilic — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- of a piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- off-pricer — a seller of off-price merchandise.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- oleophilic — of or relating to a substance that has an affinity for oils and not for water. Compare hydrophobic (def 2).
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open brace — left brace
- open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- open cover — a cover of a set consisting entirely of open sets.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- 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.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophicleide — a musical wind instrument, a development of the old wooden serpent, consisting of a conical metal tube bent double.
- optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.