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10-letter words containing p, o, c, a

  • spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
  • spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
  • spec ratio — (benchmark)   Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
  • speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
  • speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
  • spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
  • splanchno- — the viscera
  • spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
  • spondaical — composed of spondees
  • spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
  • spoon back — a back of a chair or the like, having a splat curved outward at the bottom.
  • sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • spore case — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
  • sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
  • sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
  • sports car — small, low, fast car
  • sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
  • statoscope — an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.
  • stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
  • subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
  • subcompany — subsidiary company.
  • supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
  • supermacho — extremely macho
  • supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
  • swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
  • sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
  • syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
  • syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • tachograph — a recording tachometer.
  • tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
  • topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • 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.
  • upbuoyance — an uplifting or buoying up
  • urographic — of or relating to urography
  • vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
  • vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
  • vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
  • voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
  • work space — area used for work
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