10-letter words containing a, p, o, i, n
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- 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
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypophonia — an abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- impanation — the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.
- impassions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impassion.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- import ban — a ban on the importation of certain products from a certain country into the home country
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- imputation — the act of imputing.
- in company — When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people.
- inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- incorporal — Obsolete form of incorporeal.
- infraposed — placed beneath
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- iproniazid — a compound, C 9 H 13 N 3 O, used in the treatment of mental depression and tuberculosis.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- lampooning — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.