10-letter words containing a, r, e, p, s
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- bear's-paw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- break step — to cease to march in step
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- burst page — banner
- by-passers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- careership — An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
- carpenters — Plural form of carpenter.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- carpetless — Not carpeted.
- carpospore — a sexual spore produced by red algae after fertilization of the carpogonium
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- carpsucker — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Carpiodes, as the quillback and the river carpsucker.
- casekeeper — the person who records in the casebox a tally of cards as they appear in the box.