10-letter words containing p, r, e, o, l
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- telecopier — a fax machine
- teleport's — a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- terpolymer — a polymer consisting of three different monomers, as ABS resin.
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- tocopherol — one of several alcohols that constitute the dietary factor known as vitamin E, occurring in wheat-germ oil, lettuce or spinach leaves, egg yolk, etc.
- tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
- top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- trumpeldor — Joseph, 1880–1920, Zionist leader, born in Russia.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- typeholder — a small device for holding a few lines of type, used in stamping titles on book covers, or the like.
- undeplored — not hopeless or lamented
- unexplored — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unperilous — not hazardous or dangerous
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- unproperly — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- upholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- voltampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.