10-letter words containing p, a, s, o
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- 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 staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- calliopsis — coreopsis
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- cape smoke — South African brandy
- capo tasto — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- carpospore — a sexual spore produced by red algae after fertilization of the carpogonium
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cassiopeia — the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- chaparajos — (in Mexico) chaps.
- chaparejos — chaps1
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- collapsars — Plural form of collapsar.
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- collapsion — (archaic) collapse.
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.