10-letter words containing p, e, o, l, s
- floppiness — tending to flop.
- flowerpots — Plural form of flowerpot.
- footplates — Plural form of footplate.
- gallopades — Plural form of gallopade.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gospellize — to evangelise
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- impossible — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- inpossible — Obsolete spelling of impossible.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- jon postel — (person) (Jonathan Bruce Postel, 1943 - 1998-10-16) /p*-stel'/ One of the Internet's founding fathers. Jon's name is prominent on many of the fundamental standards on which the Internet is built, such as UDP. He ran IANA for as long as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he *was* IANA. He wrote STD 1, STD 2 and several dozen other RFCs. His friend Vinton Cerf noted his passing in RFC 2468.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lake pskov — the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leopardess — a female leopard.