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10-letter words containing l, o, s, p

  • nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
  • 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.
  • nonplusing — Present participle of nonplus.
  • nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
  • nonspatial — of or relating to space.
  • nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
  • octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
  • oenophiles — Plural form of oenophile.
  • oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
  • oligopsony — the market condition that exists when there are few buyers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.
  • on impulse — instinctively
  • opal glass — a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.
  • opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
  • open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
  • open-shelf — open-stack.
  • opposeless — tolerating no opposition or resistance; irresistible.
  • opposingly — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • 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.
  • optologist — a person who tests eyes for lenses
  • osteoplast — An osteoblast.
  • ostpolitik — the German policy toward the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, especially the expansionist views of Hitler in the 1930s and the normalization program of the West German government in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
  • outspeckle — a spectacle
  • oversimple — excessively simple
  • oversimply — in an oversimple manner
  • oversupply — an excessive supply.
  • palaverous — a conference or discussion.
  • pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
  • palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
  • palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
  • palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
  • pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • paper loss — an investment loss which has occurred but not yet been realized
  • paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
  • paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
  • paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
  • paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
  • passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
  • paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
  • pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
  • pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
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