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10-letter words containing a, n, t, i, p, o

  • piano trio — an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
  • pianoforte — a piano.
  • pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
  • pinto bean — a variety of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, having mottled or spotted seeds: grown chiefly in the southern U.S.
  • pitchwoman — a female pitchman
  • 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.
  • planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
  • plantation — a town in S Florida.
  • pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  • podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
  • poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
  • poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
  • point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
  • politician — a person who is active in party politics.
  • pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
  • polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
  • polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
  • ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
  • pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
  • population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
  • portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
  • portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • postmating — of or designating the period after mating
  • potentiary — a person with power or authority
  • potentiate — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
  • potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
  • powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
  • praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
  • pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
  • preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
  • precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
  • prestation — a payment in money or in services.
  • pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
  • proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
  • prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
  • protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
  • proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
  • proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
  • protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
  • protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
  • provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
  • punctation — punctate condition or marking.
  • pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
  • rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
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