10-letter words containing p, o, l, t
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blood type — Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- bottle imp — Cartesian diver.
- bottle-top — a cap on the top of a bottle
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- bubble-top — a bulletproof, transparent dome, as over the rear section of an automobile
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- choropleth — a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- click stop — a control device, as in a camera, that can be turned or rotated so that when it reaches a specific setting it engages with an audible click.
- clip joint — a place, such as a nightclub or restaurant, in which customers are overcharged
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
- coleoptile — a protective sheath around the plumule in grasses
- colestipol — a drug that reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood: used, together with dietary restriction of cholesterol, to treat selected patients with hypercholesterolaemia and so prevent atherosclerosis
- collect up — If you collect up things, you bring them all together, usually when you have finished using them.
- collotypes — Plural form of collotype.
- colorpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- colporteur — a hawker of books, esp bibles
- compatable — Misspelling of compatible.
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compellent — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- competible — (obsolete) Compatible.
- compilator — a compiler
- complacent — A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.