10-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- polar star — north star
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polystylar — relating to a polystyle
- poop staff — ensign staff.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual