10-letter words containing l, p, s
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- plateglass — designating a kind of glass used for windows
- plattensee — German name of Balaton.
- play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- 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.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plow steel — steel that contains 0.5 to 0.95 percent carbon.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- plus-fours — Plus-fours are short wide trousers fastened below the knees which people used to wear when hunting or playing golf.
- plushiness — the condition of being plush
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- podologist — a person who studies or specializes in podology
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polar axis — the fixed line, usually horizontal, from which the angle made by the radius vector is measured in a polar coordinate system.
- polar star — north star
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.
- polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- 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.
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- pollenosis — hay fever.
- pollinosis — hay fever.
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polo stick — a stick used to strike the ball in the game of polo