10-letter words containing m, o, p, s
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- recompress — to compress (something) again
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- roma gypsy — a member of a people scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies
- sarcoplasm — the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
- scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semiopaque — partly or nearly opaque.
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- small chop — cocktail snacks
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoke shop — a shop selling tobacco products.
- smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
- smoothpate — a bald person with a smooth head
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- so help me — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- someplaces — somewhere
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spasmodist — a person who is spasmodic, especially in style, as a writer, painter, etc.
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spike moss — any of numerous plants of the genus Selaginella, allied to and resembling the club mosses.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- sponge mop — a mop that makes use of a sponge as the cleaning part
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporoplasm — the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.