10-letter words containing n, a, p, i, e, s
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paintiness — the quality of being painty
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pangenesis — the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
- paraenesis — advice
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parischane — a parish
- parisienne — a girl or woman who is a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pine snake — any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly in pine woods: now threatened.