10-letter words containing p, s, o, r
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- aspirators — Plural form of aspirator.
- aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- astrophoto — (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- australorp — a heavy black breed of domestic fowl
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
- body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.