10-letter words containing p, a, l, o, t
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
- soap plant — a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- splay-foot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- spot plate — a flat ceramic or plastic plate containing small wells on which spot tests are made.
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stoop ball — a game resembling baseball, played in a street, schoolyard, or other confined paved area, in which a ball is thrown forcibly against a stairway or wall so that it rebounds into the air, bases and runs being awarded depending on the number of bounces the ball takes before being caught by the opposing player or team.
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
- tall poppy — any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Compare poppy family.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- tidal pool — a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.
- toddy palm — any of several tropical Asian palms, as Caryota urens or Borassus flabellifer, yielding toddy.
- toll plaza — A toll plaza is the entrance to a toll road or toll bridge.
- top dollar — the maximum amount being or likely to be paid: to pay top dollar for the jewelry.
- top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
- top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
- topazolite — a greenish yellow variety of andradite garnet.
- topgallant — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- topicality — the state or quality of being topical.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- topophilia — the love of or emotional connections with place or physical environment
- toxoplasma — any protist of the genus Toxoplasma, especially T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis.
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- transpolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- transposal — transposition.
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- trollopian — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.