9-letter words containing p, o, c
- ic-prolog — Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979. Logic language with coroutining.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice piton — a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
- ice point — the temperature at which a mixture of ice and air-saturated water at a pressure of one atmosphere is in equilibrium, represented by 0°C and 32°F.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idiotypic — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impeticos — to put in a pocket
- impolitic — not politic, expedient, or judicious.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- in pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- inception — beginning; start; commencement.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inotropic — influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- 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.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- 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.
- keep cool — avoid getting hot
- 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
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lipolytic — Of or pertaining to lipolysis.
- 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
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- lycopolis — the Ancient Greek name for Asyut
- lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.