10-letter words containing p, c, x
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- paclitaxel — a drug derived from the yew tree and used to treat cancer
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- phototoxic — (of cosmetics, skin creams, etc) making the skin hazardously sensitive to sunlight
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- picrotoxin — a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C 3 0 H 3 4 O 1 3 , obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-excite — to stimulate (esp part of the heart muscle) in preparation or beforehand
- pre-exilic — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- spectatrix — a female spectator
- unexpected — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- x protocol — (networking, protocol) A standard protocol used by clients (applications) and servers in the X Window System for exchanging requests for window operations.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xerox parc — /zee'roks park'/ Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center. For more than a decade, from the early 1970s into the mid-1980s, PARC yielded an astonishing volume of ground-breaking hardware and software innovations. The modern mice, windows, and icons (WIMP) style of software interface was invented there. So was the laser printer and the local-area network; Smalltalk; and PARC's series of D machines anticipated the powerful personal computers of the 1980s by a decade. Sadly, the prophets at PARC were without honour in their own company, so much so that it became a standard joke to describe PARC as a place that specialised in developing brilliant ideas for everyone else. The stunning shortsightedness and obtusity of XEROX's top-level suits has been well described in the reference below.
- xiphopagic — making up or constituting a xiphopagus
- xylophonic — Of or pertaining to a xylophone.