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10-letter words containing p, o, l, t, r

  • motor pool — a standby fleet of motor vehicles available for temporary use by appropriate personnel, as at a military or governmental installation.
  • multigroup — having or involving several groups
  • multipolar — having several or many poles.
  • multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
  • multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
  • multisport — designed or used for a variety of sports.
  • nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
  • neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
  • nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
  • north pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
  • operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • operculate — having an operculum.
  • ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
  • ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
  • outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
  • palatogram — Phonetics. a diagram or photograph obtained through palatography.
  • palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
  • parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
  • parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
  • partial to — fond of; having a liking for
  • pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
  • patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
  • patrilocal — virilocal.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patrol car — squad car.
  • patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • peltmonger — a seller of pelts
  • percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
  • perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
  • peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
  • petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
  • petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
  • petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
  • petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
  • phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
  • photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
  • pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
  • planometer — surface plate.
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