10-letter words containing t, o, s, p
- 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
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- pentstemon — penstemon.
- peoplesoft — (application, company) A company selling web-based ERP systems. Originally PeopleSoft supplied human resource management systems, they now provide financial data management, customer relationship management, supply chain management, workforce management, and data analytics systems.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- pest house — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- pestersome — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
- petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- 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.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- photoshoot — a session in which a photographer takes pictures of someone for publication
- photostory — photo essay.
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phototonus — the normal condition of sensitiveness to light in organisms or their organs.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.