10-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- push along — to go away
- pyogenesis — the generation of pus; the process of the formation of pus.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- sea pigeon — the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
- sign-posts — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.
- sponge mop — a mop that makes use of a sponge as the cleaning part
- sponge off — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spongewood — an Indian plant with a pith used in making tropical hats
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- spongology — the study of sponges
- sponsoring — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- spring for — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- timpanogos — Mount, a mountain in N central Utah, in the Wasatch Range: noted caves. 11,750 feet (3581 meters).
- topagnosia — a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched
- unimposing — not imposing; unimpressive: an unimposing spectacle; a man of unimposing stature.
- unreposing — not relaxing, restful, or tranquil
- unsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- unstooping — (of head, shoulders, posture, or a person) not stooping or bending
- upgrowings — instances of growing upwards
- uprootings — acts of uprooting
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.