10-letter words containing p, l, e, r, o
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- laparocele — (medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- 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.
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- lemon drop — a lemon-flavored lozenge.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- lockkeeper — The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.
- long press — (on a tablet or smartphone) the act of pressing one's finger down on an icon or other part of the screen for several seconds, as to activate a task or access additional options.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- lophophore — the ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid.
- loup river — a river in E central Nebraska, flowing E to the Platte River. 68 miles (109 km) long.
- loves park — a town in N Illinois.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lp spooler — (printer) A line printer spooler.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- metoprolol — a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- mobe pearl — mabe pearl.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- morpholine — a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.