10-letter words containing n, a, p, i
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- biparental — from two parents
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- bipinnaria — a free-swimming starfish larva
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- cacophonic — Discordant.
- cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
- caipirinha — A Brazilian cocktail made with cachaca, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and crushed ice.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campignian — of or relating to a Mesolithic and Neolithic technological facies characterized by picks and tranchets.
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- cane piece — (in the Caribbean) a field of sugar cane, esp a peasant's isolated field
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capitation — a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- caponizing — Present participle of caponize.
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- captivance — captivity
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached