9-letter words containing p, o, c
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
- pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- receiptor — a person who receipts.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- recompose — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reproceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- reprocess — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rock pool — small body of seawater among rocks
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- root crop — a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- sarcocarp — the fleshy mesocarp of certain fruits, as the peach.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
- scoop out — remove, take out
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- scops owl — any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl)
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.