10-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- most-asper — harsh; rough.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonseptate — not having a septum
- nonspatial — of or relating to space.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- not a snap — not a bit; not at all
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
- paratroops — of or relating to a paratrooper or a parachute unit: paratroop boots.
- parodistic — parodic.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons