10-letter words containing s, l, i, p, r, o
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- 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.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polar axis — the fixed line, usually horizontal, from which the angle made by the radius vector is measured in a polar coordinate system.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- prosilient — prominent
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spillproof — (of a container) designed to prevent spilling.
- split roll — a taxation under which real-estate taxes on business and industrial buildings are levied at higher rates than on residential homes.