10-letter words containing i, c, o, n, p
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonreceipt — Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
- nonspacing — (US) alternative spelling of non-spacing.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- nootropics — Plural form of nootropic.
- nosepieces — Plural form of nosepiece.
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- oenophilic — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- 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.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- pali canon — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pectinogen — protopectin.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phonematic — phonemic.