10-letter words containing e, s, o, p
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pied goose — magpie goose.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pine mouse — any of a widespread genus of voles, Pitymys, having small ears and a short tail; especially the American forest-dwelling mouse P. pinetorum.
- pink noise — a random signal within the audible frequency range whose amplitude decreases as frequency increases, maintaining constant audio power per frequency increment.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- pissed off — angry or annoyed.
- pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- 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.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plow steel — steel that contains 0.5 to 0.95 percent carbon.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- podosphere — the world's podcasters and their audience, viewed collectively
- 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.
- point-wise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- poison-pen — composed or sent maliciously, as a letter, usually anonymously and for the purpose of damaging another's reputation or happiness: The newspaper received a poison-pen letter alleging that the mayor was misusing city funds.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.