10-letter words containing p, c, o, s
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- iconoscope — a television camera tube in which a beam of high-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- inceptions — Plural form of inception.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- incomposed — (obsolete) disordered; disturbed.
- inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- inspectors — Plural form of inspector.
- introspect — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- ipso facto — by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto.
- isentropic — having a constant entropy.
- iso pascal — A Lex scanner and Yacc parser are in the comp.sources.unix volume 13 archive.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- isopiestic — of or noting equal pressure; isobaric.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- keep score — sport: record results
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- 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.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macropores — Plural form of macropore.
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- macrospore — megaspore.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.