10-letter words containing p, i, r, o
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- cryophilic — able to thrive at low temperatures
- cryoscopic — Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cryptozoic — of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- cytotropic — (of cells or groups of cells) growing or moving toward or away from each other.
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- demirepdom — the world or society of demireps
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depositors — Plural form of depositor.
- depository — A depository is a place where objects can be stored safely.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diprotodon — Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- dirty pool — unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- dispeopler — One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dispersion — Also, dispersal. an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
- dispersoid — the suspended particles in a dispersion.
- disporting — Present participle of disport.
- dispositor — a planet that controls the star sign in which another planet is located
- disprofess — to renounce the profession of
- disprovide — (obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- disruptors — Plural form of disruptor.
- dissipator — One who, or that which, dissipates something.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars