10-letter words containing a, m, e, l, o
- omeprazole — a drug, C 17 H 19 N 3 O 3 S, that inhibits the formation of gastric acid, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- palmerworm — the larva of a tineid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of apple and other fruit trees.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
- phenomenal — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phone mail — voice mail
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- planometer — surface plate.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- play money — paper that is cut and printed to resemble paper money, often used in playing board games.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- polygamize — to practise polygamy
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- potamogale — otter shrew.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- reformable — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.