10-letter words containing p, r, o, c, n
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- 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.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- 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).
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- in corpore — in body; in substance.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- incorporal — Obsolete form of incorporeal.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- inspectors — Plural form of inspector.
- introspect — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- ionotropic — exhibiting an ordering of particles that is a result of the addition of an electrolyte to a colloidal suspension
- isentropic — having a constant entropy.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microprint — a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device.
- monocarpic — producing fruit only once and then dying.
- monoprotic — (of an acid) having one transferable proton.
- monotropic — polymorphism that is irreversible.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- necroscopy — necropsy.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nonreceipt — Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
- nootropics — Plural form of nootropic.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- open brace — left brace