10-letter words containing p, a, y, o, r
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- tomography — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- topography — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tryptophan — an essential amino acid, (C 8 H 6 N)CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, colorless, crystalline, and aromatic, released from proteins by tryptic digestion and a precursor of serotonin. Symbol: W. Abbreviation: Trp;
- typography — the art or process of printing with type.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
- xerography — an electrostatic printing process for copying text or graphics whereby areas on a sheet of paper corresponding to the image areas of the original are sensitized with a charge of static electricity so that, when powdered with a toner carrying an opposite charge, only the charged areas retain the toner, which is then fused to the paper to make it permanent.
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- xylography — The art of making woodcuts or wood engravings, especially by a relatively primitive technique.
- zaporozhye — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- zoanthropy — a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.
- zootherapy — the use of therapeutic drugs derived from animals
- zygopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Zygoptera, comprising the damselflies.