10-letter words containing o, p, i, l, a
- potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- prairillon — a small prairie.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- repolarize — to polarize again or become polarized again
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- 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.
- shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- sopaipilla — a small pastry made of deep-fried yeast dough and usually dipped in honey.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.