10-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- polar axis — the fixed line, usually horizontal, from which the angle made by the radius vector is measured in a polar coordinate system.
- polar star — north star
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polystylar — relating to a polystyle
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protoplasm — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protoplast — Biology. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity. the primordial living unit or cell.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quarrelous — (now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiolysis — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- rallycross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a one-mile circuit of rough grass with some hard-surfaced sections
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-arousal — arousal for a second or further time
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonless — not having any reason or sense: an utterly reasonless display of anger.
- reclosable — capable of being closed again easily or tightly after opening: a reclosable box of crackers.
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resolvable — that can be resolved.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- restorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rio balsas — Río, Río Balsas.
- road atlas — a book of maps showing roads, designed for drivers
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.