10-letter words containing o, p
- aeroscepsy — perception of atmospheric conditions, as the perception of odors by the antennae of insects.
- aerosphere — the entire atmosphere surrounding the earth
- aerotropic — of or relating to the growth of plants towards or away from oxygen
- agoraphobe — a person suffering from agoraphobia
- agraphobia — Fear of sexual abuse.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- ahithophel — a member of David's council, who became one of Absalom's advisers in his rebellion and hanged himself when his advice was overruled (II Samuel 15:12–17:23)
- air pistol — An air pistol is a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air potato — a vine, Dioscorea bulbifera, of southeastern Asia, having tubers weighing several pounds and growing in the leaf axils.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- akiapolaau — a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.
- algophilia — Pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.
- algophobia — an acute fear of experiencing or witnessing bodily pain
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- allographs — Plural form of allograph.
- allomorphs — Plural form of allomorph.
- allopathic — of, relating to, or used in allopathy
- allopatric — (of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another
- allophones — Plural form of allophone.
- allophonic — any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t- sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats, catnip, button, metal, city; a speech sound constituting one of the phonetic manifestations or variants of a particular phoneme.
- alloplasty — implantation of a synthetic material to replace a diseased or damaged body tissue or organ.
- allotropes — Plural form of allotrope.
- allotropic — of or characterized by allotropy
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alpha iron — a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 910°C; ferrite
- alprazolam — a potent benzodiazepine, C 17 H 13 CIN 4 , used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- ampelopsis — any woody vine of the vitaceous genus Ampelopsis, of tropical and subtropical Asia and America
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amphiploid — a hybrid organism having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parental species.
- amphipodan — (zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- amphogenic — producing both male and female offspring.
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- ampliation — an extension or addition to what is already known