10-letter words containing e, s, o, p
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- psephology — the study of elections.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudo-tty — (operating system) Berkeley Unix networking device which appears to an application program as an ordinary terminal but which is in fact connected via the network to a process running on a different host or a windowing system. Pseudo-ttys have a slave half and a control half. The slave tty (/dev/ttyp*) is the device that user programs use and the control tty (/dev/ptyp*) is used by daemons to talk to the net.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
- pseudocode — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- pseudocoel — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- 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.
- psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
- pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pussy-toes — any of various woolly composite plants of the genus Antennaria, having small white or grayish flower heads.
- put to sea — the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- put to use — to use; find a use for
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- pyogenesis — the generation of pus; the process of the formation of pus.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- recompress — to compress (something) again
- redisposed — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- repository — a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- repoussoir — a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.
- repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.