10-letter words containing i, p, r, o, s
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- poroscopic — of or pertaining to poroscopy
- porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- postcrisis — taking place after a crisis
- postprison — relating to or occurring in the period after a person has been incarcerated
- postscript — a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
- poststrike — of or relating to the period after a (workers) strike
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- 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.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prepositor — praepostor.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presension — the perception of something before it exists or happens
- presession — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- prick song — written music.
- prick-post — (in a framed structure) a secondary post, as a queen post.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.