10-letter words containing n, a, o, p, r
- nonaspirin — (of a medicine) not containing aspirin
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonprogram — not related to a program
- nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- note-paper — writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- omniparity — a state of universal equality
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- open brace — left brace
- open frame — a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- operagoing — Attending opera performances.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
- oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- panzerotto — a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- paranormal — of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
- paraphonia — a disorder of the voice, usually caused by disease
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
- pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- paregmenon — the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parmigiano — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.