10-letter words containing p, a, l, t, o
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- on a plate — in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- ophthalmia — inflammation of the eye, especially of its membranes or external structures.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- ophthalmo- — indicating the eye or the eyeball
- oppilative — obstructive; blocking
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optimality — The property of being optimal.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- optionally — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palatogram — Phonetics. a diagram or photograph obtained through palatography.
- palliation — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- papulation — the formation or development of papules
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- partial to — fond of; having a liking for
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- pathet lao — the Communist nationalist group that took over the government of Laos in 1975 after two decades of civil war.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrol car — squad car.
- patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons