10-letter words containing op
- can opener — A can opener is the same as a tin opener.
- can-opener — a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- carpophore — the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
- carrot-top — a person with red hair
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- cassiopeia — the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
- catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- celioscope — celoscope.
- celioscopy — celoscope.
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- channel op — (messaging) /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chime hoop — a hoop used to secure the chimes of a barrel.
- chlorophyl — Alternative form of chlorophyll.
- chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices
- chop block — butcher-block.
- chop logic — to use excessively subtle or involved logic or argument
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chopsticks — a pair of small sticks of wood or ivory, held together in one hand and used in some Asian countries as utensils, as to lift food to the mouth
- choropleth — a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromophil — a cell that takes a stain easily
- chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- click stop — a control device, as in a camera, that can be turned or rotated so that when it reaches a specific setting it engages with an audible click.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- co-operate — If you co-operate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people co-operate.
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- coeloscope — celoscope.
- coffeeshop — Alternative form of coffee shop.
- coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
- coleoptile — a protective sheath around the plumule in grasses