10-letter words containing p, o, t, s, i
- exemptions — Plural form of exemption.
- expeditors — Plural form of expeditor.
- exploiters — Plural form of exploiter.
- exposition — A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
- expositive — That explains; expository.
- expositors — Plural form of expositor.
- expository — Intended to explain or describe something.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fess point — the central point of an escutcheon.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- fingerpost — A post at a road junction from which signs project in the direction of the place or route indicated.
- first post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flyposting — the posting of advertising or political bills, posters, etc in unauthorized places
- footprints — Plural form of footprint.
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- gipsy moth — a European moth, Lymantria dispar, introduced into North America, where it is a serious pest of shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae)
- goloptious — voluptuous
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.
- guideposts — Plural form of guidepost.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hoop skirt — a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
- hoop-skirt — a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotises — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotists — Plural form of hypnotist.
- hypnotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypostasis — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- imperators — Plural form of imperator.
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.