10-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
- autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bay poplar — the tupelo, Nyssa aquatica.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- black opal — any opal of a dark coloration, not necessarily black
- black pope — the head of the Jesuit order (so called from the power he once possessed and from the black habit worn by the order).
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- bump along — advance unevenly
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- calliopsis — coreopsis
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camelopard — giraffe
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.