10-letter words containing p, i, n, s, o, t
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postponing — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postprison — relating to or occurring in the period after a person has been incarcerated
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosilient — prominent
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- scots pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus sylvestris, of Europe and W and N Asia, having blue-green needle-like leaves and brown cones with a small prickle on each scale: a valuable timber tree
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- sign-posts — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- slip joint — a joint made between an older and a newer masonry wall to form a continuous surface, masonry at the end of the newer wall fitting into a vertical groove cut in the end of the older wall.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices