9-letter words containing p, e, c, o
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copy-text — a manuscript or earlier published version of a text, used as the basis for an emended, scholarly edition
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- copyedits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyedit.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- core dump — a copy of main memory that is printed, displayed, or recorded on an output medium.
- coreopsis — any plant of the genus Coreopsis, of America and tropical Africa, cultivated for their yellow, brown, or yellow-and-red daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- corn pone — a kind of corn bread baked in small oval loaves, or pones
- corn-pone — of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person, especially from the South: a corn-pone accent.
- cornopean — a cornet
- cornpones — Plural form of cornpone.
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
- corporeal — Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corrupter — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- coupledom — the state of living as a couple, esp when regarded as being interested in each other to the exclusion of the outside world
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cowkeeper — (archaic) cowherd.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cup towel — a dishtowel.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.