10-letter words containing p, o, d, c
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- diplococci — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- do penance — make amends for sth
- docentship — privatdocent.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- double cup — (in Renaissance art) a matched pair of metal cups, made so that one can be placed inverted on top of the other.
- drop black — carbon, as animal black or lampblack, formed into pellets by mixing with water or glue: used as a black pigment.
- drop cable — Wiring between a computer and its Ethernet transceiver. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m.
- drop cloth — a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- empedocles — ?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- endophytic — Of or relating to an endophyte.
- endoscopes — Plural form of endoscope.
- endoscopic — Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
- endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
- epicondyle — (anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
- epicycloid — A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle.
- exopoditic — of or relating to the exopodite of certain crustaceans
- field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.
- idiophonic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone.
- idiotropic — of or characterized by introspection; introspective.