10-letter words containing po
- apoprotein — any conjugated protein from which the prosthetic group has been removed, such as apohaemoglobin (the protein of haemoglobin without its haem group)
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- aposporous — characterized by apospory
- apostatise — Alternative spelling of apostatize.
- apostatize — to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance
- apostilled — Simple past tense and past participle of apostille.
- apostolate — the office, authority, or mission of an apostle
- apostolise — to preach
- apostolize — to proclaim
- apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
- apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
- apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- apotheoses — Plural form of apotheosis.
- apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
- apotropaic — preventing or intended to prevent evil
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- appointees — a person who is appointed.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointing — Present participle of appoint.
- appointive — relating to or filled by appointment
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- appomattox — a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- appositive — standing in apposition
- apropos of — with regard to; in respect of
- aquaponics — a farming system that circulates wastewater from animal aquaculture to hydroponically cultivated plants, whereby the plants draw nutrients from the waste and filter the water, allowing for its recycled use by the aquatic animals.
- aquaporins — Plural form of aquaporin.
- archespore — the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores
- armipotent — strong in arms or war
- arthropoda — the phylum comprising the arthropods.
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- ascospores — Plural form of ascospore.
- ascosporic — relating to an ascospore
- autopodium — (anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- bay poplar — the tupelo, Nyssa aquatica.
- bibliopole — a dealer in books, esp rare or decorative ones
- bibliopoly — a bookseller, especially a dealer in rare or used books.
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.