10-letter words containing n, a, p, y
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- playmaking — the initiating of offensive plays in sports
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- plebeianly — in a plebeian manner
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- 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
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- prankingly — showily, in an ostentatious or pranking manner
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prepayment — paying for sth in advance
- prevenancy — courtesy
- primarying — the mounting of a challenge to the incumbent in a primary election: There were many instances of primarying during the last election cycle.
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- rent party — (especially during the Great Depression) a party with music and dancing, given to raise money for the host's rent by collecting a contribution from each guest.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.