10-letter words containing a, p, o, y, l
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- potability — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- potamology — the study of rivers.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- praxeology — the study of human conduct.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- pyrogallol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- royal palm — any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- splay-foot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- supposably — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tall poppy — any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Compare poppy family.
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- toddy palm — any of several tropical Asian palms, as Caryota urens or Borassus flabellifer, yielding toddy.
- topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- xylography — The art of making woodcuts or wood engravings, especially by a relatively primitive technique.
- xylophagan — an insect in the Xylophaga or Xylophagi that eats wood
- yellow pad — a scratch pad of yellow, lined paper.
- young plan — a plan reducing the reparations provided by the Dawes plan, devised by an international committee headed by Owen D. Young and put into effect in 1929.