10-letter words containing p, e, n, c
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- step dance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- suscipient — a recipient
- suspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- techno-pop — a form of popular dance music of the 1980s and 1990s combining elements of techno with live instrumentation, pop lyrics, etc.
- technopole — an area with high-tech industrial research and development facilities
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
- the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- threepence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of three pennies.
- thrippence — threepence.
- thruppence — threepence.
- tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- typhogenic — producing typhus or typhoid fever.
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unaccepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
- uncaptured — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncarpeted — having no carpet
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncomposed — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- uncrippled — not crippled
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
- underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
- underprice — to price (goods or merchandise) lower than the standard price or fair value.
- uneclipsed — not obscured or overshadowed