10-letter words containing s, o, p, a
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasmosoma — a nucleolus
- plasmosome — a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- 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.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- poison gas — any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- poison oak — either of two shrubs, Rhus toxicodendron, of the eastern U.S., or R. diversiloba, of the Pacific coast of North America, resembling poison ivy and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to them.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- 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.
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition