10-letter words containing p, e, o, y
- endophytes — Plural form of endophyte.
- endophytic — Of or relating to an endophyte.
- enphytotic — (of plant diseases) causing a constant amount of damage each year
- entophytic — relating to an entophyte
- entryphone — an intercom system at the entrance to a building through which visitors identify themselves so that someone inside can let them in by a device which unlocks the door remotely
- epeirogeny — (geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents.
- ependymoma — (medicine) A tumour of the central nervous system.
- epicondyle — (anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
- epicycloid — A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle.
- episcopacy — Government of a church by bishops.
- episiotomy — A surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues.
- episomally — In an episomal manner.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- euphrosyne — one of the three Graces
- every pore — You can say that someone has a certain quality or emotion coming from every pore to emphasize the strength of that quality or emotion.
- expiratory — Of or relating to the exhalation of air from the lungs.
- expository — Intended to explain or describe something.
- eye-opener — sth surprising or revelatory
- eyedropper — A dropper for administering eye-drops.
- eyeopening — Of, pertaining to, or caused by an eyeopener.
- ferrotypes — Plural form of ferrotype.
- ferry port — a town or place alongside navigable water with facilities for the loading and unloading of ferries
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- foetoscopy — Alternative form of fetoscopy.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- genotyping — Present participle of genotype.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynophores — Plural form of gynophore.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism