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9-letter words containing p, o, c, s

  • escalopes — Plural form of escalope.
  • escopette — a carbine
  • esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
  • eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
  • fencepost — A post which helps hold up a fence.
  • fetoscope — a tubular fiberoptic instrument used for diagnostic examination of the fetus and interior of the uterus.
  • fetoscopy — examination by means of a fetoscope.
  • foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
  • geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
  • go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
  • hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
  • hockshops — (US, rare) Plural form of hockshop.
  • hodoscope — any device for tracing the path of a charged particle, esp a particle found in cosmic rays
  • hopscotch — a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section.
  • horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
  • horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
  • hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
  • hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
  • hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
  • impeticos — to put in a pocket
  • incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
  • inspector — a person who inspects.
  • isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
  • isopectic — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to form at approximately the same period at the onset of winter.
  • isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
  • isopycnic — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
  • isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
  • japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
  • job corps — an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.
  • jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
  • kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
  • klopstock — Friedrich Gottlieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1724–1803, German poet.
  • koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
  • loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
  • lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
  • logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
  • lycopolis — the Ancient Greek name for Asyut
  • lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
  • macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
  • macropods — Plural form of macropod.
  • macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
  • manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
  • mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
  • megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
  • mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
  • metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
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