10-letter words containing p, o, s, l
- corylopsis — any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Corylopsis, which are found in eastern Asia and have yellow flowers
- cosmopolis — an international city
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- crepe sole — a shoe sole made of crepe rubber
- culdoscope — an endoscope used in a medical examination of the ovary, uterus, etc., inserted through the upper vaginal wall into the pelvic cavity
- culdoscopy — Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- cytoplasts — Plural form of cytoplast.
- depletions — Plural form of depletion.
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- despoiling — plundering by force
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- developers — Plural form of developer.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- disenvelop — to unfold
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- dispeopled — Simple past tense and past participle of dispeople.
- dispeopler — One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
- dispeoples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispeople.
- displosion — (obsolete) explosion.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disposedly — in a disposed manner
- dodo split — a split in which the head pin and the seven or ten pin remain standing.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- dollarspot — a turf disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia or related genera, characterized by small, brown to straw-colored, round patches of dead grass that gradually spread and coalesce.
- dolly-posh — left-handed
- doorplates — Plural form of doorplate.
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- ellipsoids — Plural form of ellipsoid.
- empedocles — ?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord
- emplastron — a plaster containing a balm or medication
- eosinophil — A white blood cell containing granules that are readily stained by eosin.
- epiglottis — A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
- episomally — In an episomal manner.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- epistolist — someone who writes epistles
- epistolize — To write epistles.
- epsilonics — The study of error in mathematical approximations.
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- esophageal — Pertaining to the esophagus.