10-letter words that end in le
- offsetable — able to balance, counteract, or compensate for something else
- oil beetle — any of several blister beetles of the genus Meloe that exude an oily fluid from the joints of their legs when disturbed.
- olfactible — Having an odor; capable of being smelled.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- omeprazole — a drug, C 17 H 19 N 3 O 3 S, that inhibits the formation of gastric acid, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- ordainable — able to be ordained
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- otherwhile — at another time or other times.
- otto cycle — an idealization of the thermodynamic cycle of the internal combustion engine with air as the working substance: intake of air at atmospheric pressure, then adiabatic compression, then ignition with an increase of pressure and temperature at constant volume, then adiabatic expansion and performance of work, then a drop to atmospheric pressure at constant volume and a rejection of heat to the environment, then the exhaust of air at constant pressure.
- out-hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- outwrestle — to beat or be more successful than in wrestling, or in a struggle
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overpeople — to overpopulate: The town has been overpeopled by those leaving the farms.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- oxidizable — able to be oxidized
- ozone hole — any part of the ozone layer that has become depleted by atmospheric pollution, resulting in excess ultraviolet radiation passing through the atmosphere.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- paedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- paradiddle — an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum, marked by four basic beats with alternation of the right hand and left hand on successive strong beats, and begun and ended slowly with a dramatic increase in tempo in the middle.
- pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- participle — an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
- paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
- pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
- patentable — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- penetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- percentile — one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it.
- perdurable — very durable; permanent; imperishable.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- permutable — to alter; change.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pier table — a low table or console intended to be set between two windows, often beneath a pier glass.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pikesville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- pilferable — capable of being pilfered
- pimpmobile — a large, expensive, and ostentatious or vulgarly ornate automobile, typically one painted in bright colors and fitted out with a lavish or overelaborate interior.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- plainville — a town in N Connecticut.