10-letter words containing r, o, p, e, s, n
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- responsion — the act of responding or answering.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsory — an anthem sung after a lection by a soloist and choir alternately.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- 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.
- spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours