10-letter words containing n, a, p, o
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypophonia — an abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- impanation — the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.
- impassions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impassion.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- import ban — a ban on the importation of certain products from a certain country into the home country
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- imputation — the act of imputing.
- in company — When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people.
- inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- incorporal — Obsolete form of incorporeal.
- infraposed — placed beneath
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- iproniazid — a compound, C 9 H 13 N 3 O, used in the treatment of mental depression and tuberculosis.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jazzperson — A jazz musician.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- juan peron — Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- 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.
- lampooning — 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.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- 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.