10-letter words containing a, p, o, r, i
- 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.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- 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.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- emmetropia — The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
- enoxaparin — A heparin of low molecular weight used to prevent and treat deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- ergophobia — An irrational fear of work.
- eruptional — relating to volcanic eruption
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- euphoriant — A drug which produces feelings of euphoria.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- europhobia — dislike for or hostility to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- evaporites — Plural form of evaporite.
- evaporitic — Of or pertaining to an evaporite.
- expiration — The ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid.
- expiratory — Of or relating to the exhalation of air from the lungs.
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- extirpator — Someone or something that extirpates.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.