10-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- coconspire — (intransitive) To conspire together with.
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- collapsion — (archaic) collapse.
- common esp — (language) (CESP) A Unix-based version of ESP (Extended Self-containing Prolog) from Mitsubishi's AI Language Institute.
- companions — Plural form of companion.
- compansion — Companding.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- compassing — Present participle of compass.
- compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- components — A part or element of a larger whole, esp. a part of a machine or vehicle.
- composting — the activity or practice of converting garden and kitchen waste to compost
- comprising — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- conscripts — Plural form of conscript.
- conspectus — an overall view; survey
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- conspiring — of or involved in a conspiracy
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.