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

  • part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
  • parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
  • pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
  • pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
  • passionary — passional (def 3).
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
  • patagonian — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
  • patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
  • pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
  • patient of — capable of bearing (fatigue, thirst, etc.)
  • patination — to cover or encrust with a patina.
  • patriation — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronizer — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
  • paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
  • pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
  • pax romana — the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions.
  • peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
  • peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
  • peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
  • pearmonger — a seller of pears
  • pedodontia — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
  • pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
  • penetrator — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
  • pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
  • pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
  • pensionary — a pensioner.
  • pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
  • pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
  • pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
  • pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
  • pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
  • pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
  • pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
  • per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
  • periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
  • perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
  • perikaryon — cell body.
  • peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
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