10-letter words containing a, p, o, r
- marco polo — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
- mareograph — marigraph.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megaspores — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- misprogram — to program badly or wrongly
- mobe pearl — mabe pearl.
- monocarpic — producing fruit only once and then dying.
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- monography — A monograph.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- most-asper — harsh; rough.
- motor camp — a camp for motorists, tents, and caravans
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- mouth harp — harmonica (def 1).
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- myoatrophy — atrophy of muscle.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- non parity — parity
- non-repeat — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- nonaspirin — (of a medicine) not containing aspirin
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.