10-letter words containing a, p, e, n, i
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- euphoriant — A drug which produces feelings of euphoria.
- exaptation — (biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.
- expansible — Expandable.
- expansibly — in an expansible manner
- expansions — Plural form of expansion.
- expiration — The ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid.
- explaining — Present participle of explain.
- fee-paying — charging for service
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- frangipane — a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
- gabapentin — (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- genophobia — The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geoponical — agricultural
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- gin palace — (formerly) a gaudy drinking house
- gingersnap — a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- glen plaid — a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- guinea pig — a short-eared, tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, usually white, black, and tawny, commonly regarded as the domesticated form of one of the South American wild species of cavy: often used in scientific experiments or kept as a pet.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- heparinize — Add heparin to (blood or a container about to be filled with blood) to prevent it from coagulating.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- imipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant, C 19 H 24 N 2 , used for the symptomatic relief of depression.
- impairment — the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.