0%

10-letter words containing a, l, p, n, c

  • leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
  • leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
  • lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
  • lunch-pail — lunchbox.
  • lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
  • mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
  • misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
  • municipals — Plural form of municipal.
  • napoleonic — pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.
  • narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
  • noncapital — (of an offense) not punishable by death.
  • nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
  • nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • nontypical — not typical; unusual
  • notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
  • null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
  • nyctalopia — night blindness.
  • nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
  • opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
  • palaeocene — of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 million years
  • pali canon — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
  • pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
  • panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
  • paniculate — arranged in panicles.
  • pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
  • panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
  • parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
  • parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • patricliny — patrocliny.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pedantical — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
  • periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
  • phone call — telephone call
  • phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
  • phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
  • pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
  • pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid
  • placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
  • place name — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?