10-letter words containing n, a, p, o
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- pixelation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilation — the state or quality of being pixilated.
- pizza oven — an oven, traditionally round in shape and wood-fired, for cooking pizza
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- planet zog — a place or situation that is far removed from reality or what is currently happening
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- planometer — surface plate.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
- plantation — a town in S Florida.
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- play along — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play money — paper that is cut and printed to resemble paper money, often used in playing board games.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- pogamoggan — a club with a knobbed head, used by various American Indian peoples.
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- poison gas — any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- poison oak — either of two shrubs, Rhus toxicodendron, of the eastern U.S., or R. diversiloba, of the Pacific coast of North America, resembling poison ivy and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to them.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polarizing — to cause polarization in.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polyclonal — Biology. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from several lines of clones.
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polynomial — consisting of or characterized by two or more names or terms.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings