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

  • floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
  • fore plane — a plane, intermediate in size between a jack plane and a jointer plane, used for preliminary smoothing.
  • geoponical — agricultural
  • heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
  • heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
  • houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
  • hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
  • hydroplane — a seaplane.
  • impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
  • inoperable — not operable or practicable.
  • interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
  • interposal — (dated) interposure.
  • keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
  • lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
  • lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
  • land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
  • landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
  • lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
  • leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
  • longs peak — a peak in N Colorado, in the Rocky Mountain National Park. 14,255 feet (4345 meters).
  • mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
  • melon pear — pepino (def 2).
  • menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
  • menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • monoplanes — Plural form of monoplane.
  • monoplegia — paralysis of one extremity, muscle, or muscle area.
  • monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
  • nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
  • napoleon i — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
  • napoleonic — pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.
  • narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • neapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Naples: a Neapolitan love song.
  • neopallium — neocortex.
  • 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.
  • neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
  • noble opal — precious opal.
  • non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
  • nonexample — Example that is irrelevant to a rule or a definition already shown, used for a clearer explanation.
  • nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
  • nonpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
  • nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • oenophilia — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
  • olanzapine — An antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disease etc.
  • on a plate — in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble
  • opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
  • open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
  • optionable — the power or right of choosing.
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