10-letter words containing p, y, o, s
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- philosophy — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
- phosphoryl — a radical chemical consisting of phosphorus and oxygen, represented by the symbol pO
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photostory — photo essay.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- poison ivy — a vine or shrub, Rhus radicans, having trifoliate leaves and whitish berries and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polylysine — a type of synthetic polypeptide used to enable adhesion of cells to microscope slides