10-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- artocarpus — a genus of the mulberry family, originating in Asia, species of which include the jackfruit and the breadfruit
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- aspirators — Plural form of aspirator.
- aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- astrophoto — (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- 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.
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- australorp — a heavy black breed of domestic fowl
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- bipetalous — having two petals
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- capo tasto — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.