10-letter words containing n, a, p, o
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- armipotent — strong in arms or war
- arpeggione — a stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century which was played with a bow
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- atropatene — Media Atropatene.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- 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
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- bump along — advance unevenly
- buonaparte — Bonaparte1
- cacophonic — Discordant.
- cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- can opener — A can opener is the same as a tin opener.
- can-opener — a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- 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
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- 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.
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.