10-letter words containing s, p, r, o
- copy press — a simple machine for printing many copies of a document
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- corbiestep — one of a series of steps at the upper end wall of some gables
- corn syrup — syrup prepared from maize
- corporates — Plural form of corporate.
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- corpuscles — Plural form of corpuscle.
- corpuscule — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- correspond — If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond.
- corylopsis — any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Corylopsis, which are found in eastern Asia and have yellow flowers
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- cosponsors — Plural form of cosponsor.
- cost price — If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- cowpersons — Plural form of cowperson.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- crepe sole — a shoe sole made of crepe rubber
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- cross-post — a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crosspiece — a transverse beam, joist, etc
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown post — any vertical member in a roof truss, especially a king post.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryoprobes — Plural form of cryoprobe.
- cryoscopes — Plural form of cryoscope.
- cryoscopic — Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depositors — Plural form of depositor.
- depository — A depository is a place where objects can be stored safely.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depressors — Plural form of depressor.
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence