10-letter words containing e, p, i, l, o
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- telecopier — a fax machine
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- test pilot — a pilot employed to test-fly newly-built aircraft.
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- the police — the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- theophilus — a walled plain in the 4th quadrant of the face of the moon: about 65 miles (105 km) in diameter.
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- thiophenol — a colorless, foul-smelling liquid, C 6 H 6 S, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- topazolite — a greenish yellow variety of andradite garnet.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unperilous — not hazardous or dangerous
- unpillowed — having no pillow or pillows
- unpolicied — not politically or socially organized
- unpolished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- unpolitely — impolitely
- unpossible — impossible
- velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
- video clip — short videotape extract
- videophile — an enthusiast of television, video recording, video equipment, or the like.
- vip lounge — a room for example at an airport where rich people, celebrities etc can go
- waitpeople — Plural form of waitperson.
- xenophiles — Plural form of xenophile.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- zelophobia — an intense fear of jealousy or of strong emotion
- zelophobic — fearful of jealousy; displaying or affected with zelophobia