10-letter words containing s, i, t, a
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- orientates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orientate.
- originates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of originate.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osmolality — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- ostensoria — Plural form of ostensorium.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- ostranenie — defamiliarization.
- outgassing — to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- outlasting — Present participle of outlast.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outsailing — Present participle of outsail.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- outstation — a post, station, or settlement in a remote or outlying area.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- pacificist — a person who is opposed to violence
- pacifistic — of or relating to pacifism or pacifists.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- paintiness — the quality of being painty
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
- papillitis — the inflammation of a papilla