10-letter words containing a, p, e, n, i
- nitrazepam — a synthetic chemical compound belonging to the benzodiazepine group of drugs; a minor tranquillizer used mainly in sleeping tablets, such as Mogadon. Formula: C15H11N3O3
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonpatient — One who is not a patient.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nulliparae — Plural form of nullipara.
- oenophilia — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophobia — The fear of wine; anxiety related to wine.
- olanzapine — An antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disease etc.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
- operagoing — Attending opera performances.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- opiniative — Archaic form of opinionative.
- opinionate — (transitive, intransitive) To have or express as an opinion; to opine.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outpatient — a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paintiness — the quality of being painty
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palatinate — the. either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one (Lower Palatinate, or Rhine Palatinate, ) is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other (Upper Palatinate, ) is now part of Bavaria.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palfrenier — a person whose duty is to tend to horses
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- palliament — a long robe
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
- panellized — made in sections for quick assembly
- pangenesis — the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
- panguingue — a card game of the rummy family that is played with from five to eight regular 52-card packs from which the eights, nines, and tens have been removed, the object being to win bonuses by melding certain groups of cards during the play and extra bonuses by melding all the cards in the hand.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia