10-letter words containing p, l, e, i, o, c
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- telecopier — a fax machine
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- the police — the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- unpolicied — not politically or socially organized
- velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
- video clip — short videotape extract
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- zelophobic — fearful of jealousy; displaying or affected with zelophobia