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10-letter words containing i, n, p, l

  • puy lentil — a greyish-green variety of lentil that retains its shape after cooking
  • puzzlingly — in a puzzling manner
  • pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
  • pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
  • quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
  • quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
  • quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
  • quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
  • rampallian — a scoundrel, wretch, rascal
  • rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
  • rawalpindi — a city in N Pakistan: former provisional capital.
  • re-explain — to explain again or in a different way
  • red-pencil — to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
  • repiningly — in a repining manner, discontentedly
  • replanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • replanting — to plant again.
  • replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
  • republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • respelling — to spell again or anew.
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
  • ropinirole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  • sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
  • saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
  • salpingian — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
  • san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
  • sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
  • scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
  • scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
  • scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
  • seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
  • seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
  • septennial — occurring every seven years.
  • septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
  • shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
  • ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
  • silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
  • simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
  • sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
  • sipunculid — an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
  • skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
  • skippingly — in the manner of a skip
  • slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
  • sleepiness — person: drowsy feeling
  • slip joint — a joint made between an older and a newer masonry wall to form a continuous surface, masonry at the end of the newer wall fitting into a vertical groove cut in the end of the older wall.
  • slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
  • slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
  • snappingly — involving a snap
  • snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
  • spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
  • spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
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