10-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- team sport — a sport in which teams play against each other
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- tetraspore — one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- transpolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- transposal — transposition.
- transposon — a genetic element that can move from one site in a chromosome to another site in the same or a different chromosome and thus alter the genetic constitution of the organism
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- tropotaxis — straight movement by an organism toward or away from a source of stimulation as a result of comparing information received by paired sensory receptors on both sides of the body.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- uproarious — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- upwards of — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- viviparous — Zoology. bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- watersport — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
- waterspout — Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- work space — area used for work
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- workspaces — Plural form of workspace.
- xiphosuran — any chelicerate arthropod of the subclass Xiphosura, including the horseshoe crabs and many extinct forms
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.