9-letter words containing p, o, c
- force cup — plunger (def 3).
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- fort peck — a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- good-copy — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- 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.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- 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
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- hoop back — a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- 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.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- 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.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- hypocracy — Misspelling of hypocrisy.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.