10-letter words containing a, e, p, y, o, r
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- playbroker — play agent.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
- praxeology — the study of human conduct.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prokaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.