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10-letter words containing d, i, s, o, p, e

  • on deposit — payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase
  • open-sided — having a side or sides open.
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
  • pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
  • pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
  • pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
  • perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
  • picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
  • pied goose — magpie goose.
  • pissed off — angry or annoyed.
  • pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
  • posturized — to posture; pose.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
  • predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
  • predispose — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
  • preimposed — imposed beforehand
  • preludious — characteristic of a prelude
  • priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
  • princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
  • process id — process identifier
  • prophesied — to foretell or predict.
  • proscribed — condemned or prohibited
  • proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
  • psalmodize — to sing psalms
  • pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
  • pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
  • pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
  • pseudosuit — /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A suit wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also lobotomy.
  • pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
  • radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
  • redisposed — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
  • rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
  • rood spire — a spire over the crossing of a church.
  • rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • shopsoiled — worn, faded, tarnished, etc, from being displayed in a shop or store
  • signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
  • spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
  • speciocide — the elimination of an entire species
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
  • sphenopsid — equisetoid.
  • spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
  • spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
  • spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
  • sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
  • superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
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