10-letter words containing l, o, s, e, i
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- osteolysis — The pathological destruction or disappearance of bone tissue.
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- overijssel — a province in the E Netherlands. Capital: Zwolle.
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
- 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.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- persepolis — an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles (48 km) NE of Shiraz.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- philosophe — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- 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.
- pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
- 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
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- pollenosis — hay fever.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism