10-letter words containing p, o, c, a
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procacious — insolent
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- procedural — procedural language
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- procreator — to beget or generate (offspring).
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- proctorage — the duty of a proctor
- procurable — obtainable.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- procurator — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- protectant — a substance, as a chemical spray, that provides protection, as against insects, frost, rust, etc.; protective agent.
- protocolar — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protractor — a person or thing that protracts.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.