10-letter words containing a, p, l, e, t, o
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- neapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Naples: a Neapolitan love song.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- nonpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- on a plate — in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- oppilative — obstructive; blocking
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- 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.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- pathet lao — the Communist nationalist group that took over the government of Laos in 1975 after two decades of civil war.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- 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.
- pedal boat — a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns