10-letter words containing l, p, s
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- prize list — a list of winners of a prize or prizes
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procellous — stormy, as the sea.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procoelous — describing vertebrae with a concave cranial surface
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propensely — with propensity
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- propulsory — the act or process of propelling.
- prosilient — prominent
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- proteolyse — to cause to undergo proteolysis
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protoplasm — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protoplast — Biology. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity. the primordial living unit or cell.
- protostele — the solid stele of most roots, having a central core of xylem enclosed by phloem.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psephology — the study of elections.
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- pseudocoel — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
- psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- publishers — a publishing company
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pugilistic — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pull wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.