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9-letter words containing p, r, o, i, c

  • hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
  • hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
  • hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
  • hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
  • hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
  • hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
  • macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
  • micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
  • microchip — chip1 (def 5).
  • microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
  • micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
  • micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
  • micropump — a tiny pump implanted under the skin for the timed administration of medication.
  • micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
  • microslop — (company, abuse)   A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
  • microtape — (hardware, storage)   /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
  • morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
  • morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • nootropic — (medicine) Any substance purported to increase cognitive abilities.
  • occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
  • off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
  • opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
  • optronics — Optoelectronics.
  • orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
  • orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
  • outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
  • overspice — to add too much spice to
  • panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
  • pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
  • parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
  • paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
  • paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
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