10-letter words containing l, e, n, i, t
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- nummulites — Plural form of nummulite.
- nut weevil — any of several snout beetles of the genus Balaninus, the larvae of which live in and feed on nuts and acorns.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- obediently — obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
- obligement — Obligation.
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- obnubilate — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- obsoleting — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obtainable — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
- odontolite — bone turquoise.
- oenologist — Alternative spelling of enologist.
- oil tanker — a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- one-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic either significantly exceeds or falls significantly below a given value, where the error is relevant only in one direction: for instance, in testing whether scales are fair a customer does not regard overweight goods as a relevant error
- ontologies — Plural form of ontology.
- ontologise — Alt form ontologize.
- ontologize — to express in ontological terms; regard from an ontological viewpoint.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- 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.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palliament — a long robe
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedantical — ostentatious in one's learning.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- penitently — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.