10-letter words containing p, e, n, c
- ocean pout — an eelpout, Macrozoarces americanus, common along the northeastern coast of North America.
- oenophilic — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open brace — left brace
- open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- open cover — a cover of a set consisting entirely of open sets.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- palaeocene — of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 million years
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parischane — a parish
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pectinogen — protopectin.
- pedantical — ostentatious in one's learning.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- pelvic fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins on the lower surface of the body, corresponding to the hind limbs of a land vertebrate; ventral fin.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pendencies — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- penderecki — Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.