10-letter words containing i, s, o, p, d
- nonstriped — Not striped.
- octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
- on deposit — payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase
- open-sided — having a side or sides open.
- optic disc — a small oval-shaped area on the retina marking the site of entrance into the eyeball of the optic nerve
- optic disk — blind spot (sense 1)
- parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
- parodistic — parodic.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
- pholidosis — the layout or disposition of the scales of reptiles
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pied goose — magpie goose.
- pissed off — angry or annoyed.
- pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
- piston rod — a rod communicating the rectilinear motion of a piston to the small end of a connecting rod or elsewhere.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- 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.
- podologist — a person who studies or specializes in podology
- poisonwood — a tree, Metopium toxiferum, of southern Florida, that has compound leaves and yellowish, berrylike fruits and is poisonous to touch.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- process id — process identifier
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- prophesied — to foretell or predict.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death