10-letter words containing r, o, t, s, c, p
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- metroscope — an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
- ms project — Microsoft Project
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nootropics — Plural form of nootropic.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- 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.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- parodistic — parodic.
- 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
- 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.
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- 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.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postcrisis — taking place after a crisis
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postscript — a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- prick-post — (in a framed structure) a secondary post, as a queen post.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- procrustes — a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- prosciutto — salted ham that has been cured by drying, always sliced paper-thin for serving.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prospected — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospector — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- protoctist — (in modern biological classifications) any unicellular or simple multicellular organism belonging to the kingdom Protoctista, which includes protozoans, algae, and slime moulds
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- root crops — crops, such as turnips or beets, cultivated for the food value of their roots
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.