10-letter words containing t, o, l, i, c
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
- officialty — the office, jurisdiction, or charge of an official
- old fustic — a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
- old turkic — the Turkic languages or dialects spoken in Central Asia from the 8th to the 10th centuries.
- olfactible — Having an odor; capable of being smelled.
- oncologist — (oncology) A doctor or scientist who specializes in oncology.
- ophiolitic — composed of, or relating to ophiolite
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- oratorical — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- otological — the science of the ear and its diseases.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- 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).
- 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.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilot cell — one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonectic — characterized by pleonexia
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- poikilitic — (of igneous rocks) having small crystals of one mineral scattered irregularly in larger crystals of another mineral.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.