10-letter words containing a, p, o, s, t, e
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonseptate — not having a septum
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- 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.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
- post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
- postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate