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

  • population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
  • pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
  • prairillon — a small prairie.
  • pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
  • prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
  • prevail on — to persuade; induce
  • proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
  • pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
  • provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
  • 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.
  • slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • trollopianAnthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
  • tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
  • unoptional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
  • vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
  • vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
  • wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
  • xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
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