10-letter words containing s, o, p, a
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mysophobia — a dread of dirt or filth.
- nanoscopic — Having a scale expressed in nanometers.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nonaspirin — (of a medicine) not containing aspirin
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonseptate — not having a septum
- nonspacing — (US) alternative spelling of non-spacing.
- nonspatial — of or relating to space.
- nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nosophobia — an abnormal fear of disease.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- not a snap — not a bit; not at all
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- opal glass — a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- opaqueness — The characteristic of being opaque.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- operagoers — Plural form of operagoer.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion