10-letter words containing p, r, o, t, c
- 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.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- octothorpe — hash character
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- operculate — having an operculum.
- optometric — Of or pertaining to optometry.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- orthotopic — (anatomy) in the normal position.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- pancreato- — pancreas
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- paradoctor — a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parodistic — parodic.
- parrot cry — a remark, complaint, etc that is repeated or imitated mechanically without understanding
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrol car — squad car.
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- pc support — (job) (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perceptron — 1. A single McCulloch-Pitts neuron. 2. A network of neurons in which the output(s) of some neurons are connected through weighted connections to the input(s) of other neurons. A multilayer perceptron is a specific instance of this.
- percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- pernoctate — to stay all night
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- picrotoxin — a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C 3 0 H 3 4 O 1 3 , obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
- pictograph — pictogram