10-letter words containing s, o, p, a
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
- pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- pianissimo — very soft.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.