10-letter words containing p, c, o, s
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- ecospecies — a taxon consisting of one or more interbreeding ecotypes: equivalent to a taxonomic species.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectophytes — Plural form of ectophyte.
- ectoprocts — Plural form of ectoproct.
- empedocles — ?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord
- encopresis — Involuntary defecation, especially associated with emotional disturbance or psychiatric disorder.
- endoscopes — Plural form of endoscope.
- endoscopic — Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
- entoprocts — Plural form of entoproct.
- episcopacy — Government of a church by bishops.
- episcopant — a bishop
- episcopate — The office or term of office of a bishop.
- episcopize — to make, rule as, or perform the duties of a bishop
- epizootics — Plural form of epizootic.
- epsilonics — The study of error in mathematical approximations.
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- ethnoscape — A transnational distribution of correlated people.
- exceptions — A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fence post — stake or picket of a fence
- fetoscopes — Plural form of fetoscope.
- 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.
- foetoscope — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fetoscope.
- foetoscopy — Alternative form of fetoscopy.
- fool's cap — a traditional jester's cap or hood, often multicolored and usually having several drooping peaks from which bells are hung.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- hope chest — (especially formerly) a chest or the like in which a young woman collected clothing, linens, and other articles in anticipation of marriage.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.