10-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propensely — with propensity
- propension — propensity.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- properness — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proserpina — Persephone.
- proserpine — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- prosilient — prominent
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- prosphoron — an uncut loaf of altar bread before it is consecrated.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protestant — any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- reimprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- responsion — the act of responding or answering.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsory — an anthem sung after a lection by a soloist and choir alternately.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages