10-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- morphogens — Plural form of morphogen.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nightspots — Plural form of nightspot.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nonplusing — Present participle of nonplus.
- nonspacing — (US) alternative spelling of non-spacing.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- offsprings — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- oligopsony — the market condition that exists when there are few buyers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- opposingly — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oppressing — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- optimising — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pepsinogen — crystals, occurring in the gastric glands, that during digestion are converted into pepsin.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- 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.
- 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.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- possessing — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postponing — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- prick song — written music.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.