10-letter words containing a, l, t, o, n
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- orthogonal — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- outflanked — Simple past tense and past participle of outflank.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- outlasting — Present participle of outlast.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- outsailing — Present participle of outsail.
- outvillain — to outdo in villainy
- overlearnt — relating to repetitive practice or learning
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palliation — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- papulation — the formation or development of papules
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pixelation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilation — the state or quality of being pixilated.
- planet zog — a place or situation that is far removed from reality or what is currently happening
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planometer — surface plate.