9-letter words containing p, o, d, c
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- dichoptic — having the eyes distinctly separate
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- diopsidic — of, relating to, or belonging to diopside
- dioptrics — the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- diplozoic — (of certain animals) bilaterally symmetrical
- docu-soap — a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
- doorpiece — an architecturally treated doorframe.
- dot pitch — (hardware) The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop kick — In sports such as football and rugby, a drop kick is a kick in which the ball is dropped to the ground and kicked at the moment that it bounces.
- drop-kick — to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- duck pond — a pond for ducks
- duck soup — something that is easy to do or accomplish: Fixing the car will be duck soup for anyone with the right tools.
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dysphonic — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dyspnoeic — Alternative spelling of dyspneic.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endoscope — An instrument that can be introduced into the body to give a view of its internal parts.
- endoscopy — (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
- epizoodic — Alternative spelling of epizootic, in the sense a particular disease (as opposed to an outbreak of disease).
- escaloped — Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
- food crop — a crop, such as rice or wheat, that is grown for human consumption
- 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.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hodoscope — any device for tracing the path of a charged particle, esp a particle found in cosmic rays
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- 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.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.