10-letter words containing n, o, s, d
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- piston rod — a rod communicating the rectilinear motion of a piston to the small end of a connecting rod or elsewhere.
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poisonwood — a tree, Metopium toxiferum, of southern Florida, that has compound leaves and yellowish, berrylike fruits and is poisonous to touch.
- pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quotidians — Plural form of quotidian.
- radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
- randomness — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- redivision — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- road sense — the ability to be a safe driver or pedestrian
- roberdsman — a robber
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rootedness — having roots.
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
- salvadoran — of El Salvador or its people or culture
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sand colic — a form of colic caused by the ingestion of sand or eating sand-contaminated feeds and subsequent collection of sand in the gastrointestinal tract
- sandalfoot — (of women's hosiery) having no darker or thicker reinforced areas at the toe or heel, so as to be suitable for wear with sandal-type shoes.
- sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sandroller — a North American fresh-water fish, Percopsis transmontana, related to the troutperch but having a deeper, more compressed body.
- sandy hook — a peninsula in E New Jersey, at the entrance to lower New York Bay. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process