10-letter words containing p, o, e, s
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- appositive — standing in apposition
- approaches — Plural form of approach.
- archespore — the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- ascospores — Plural form of ascospore.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- cape smoke — South African brandy
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- carpospore — a sexual spore produced by red algae after fertilization of the carpogonium