10-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- collapsars — Plural form of collapsar.
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- cooperates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooperate.
- copartners — Plural form of copartner.
- corporates — Plural form of corporate.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- 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.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- 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.
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- desperados — Plural form of desperado.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- dissipator — One who, or that which, dissipates something.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- dollarspot — a turf disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia or related genera, characterized by small, brown to straw-colored, round patches of dead grass that gradually spread and coalesce.
- doorplates — Plural form of doorplate.
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- e-passport — a passport with an embedded microchip carrying information about the holder
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- emplastron — a plaster containing a balm or medication
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- evaporates — Turn from liquid into vapor.
- evaporites — Plural form of evaporite.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- forepassed — already in the past; bygone.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gasteropod — Gastropod.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropods — Plural form of gastropod.