10-letter words containing l, o, p, a, n
- 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.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snow apple — Fameuse.
- snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
- soap plant — a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- sponsional — relating to, involved in or entering into a sponsion
- spoon nail — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; koilonychia.
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- topgallant — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- transpolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- transposal — transposition.
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- trollopian — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- unopenable — not capable of being opened
- unoptional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xylophagan — an insect in the Xylophaga or Xylophagi that eats wood
- young plan — a plan reducing the reparations provided by the Dawes plan, devised by an international committee headed by Owen D. Young and put into effect in 1929.
- zone plate — a plate or screen with alternating opaque and transparent concentric rings that focus light by diffraction.