10-letter words containing i, s, a, p, o, t
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonspatial — of or relating to space.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
- parodistic — parodic.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- 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.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition