10-letter words containing s, t, o, i, n
- outstation — a post, station, or settlement in a remote or outlying area.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- 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
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- 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.
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- piston pin — wrist pin.
- piston rod — a rod communicating the rectilinear motion of a piston to the small end of a connecting rod or elsewhere.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- 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.
- 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.
- point-wise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postponing — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postprison — relating to or occurring in the period after a person has been incarcerated
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.