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

  • hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
  • hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
  • houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
  • hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
  • impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
  • inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
  • infraposed — placed beneath
  • interposal — (dated) interposure.
  • jazzperson — A jazz musician.
  • lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
  • longs peak — a peak in N Colorado, in the Rocky Mountain National Park. 14,255 feet (4345 meters).
  • macphersonJames, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
  • mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
  • mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
  • megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
  • menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • monoplanes — Plural form of monoplane.
  • monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
  • moonscapes — Plural form of moonscape.
  • nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
  • narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
  • neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
  • nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
  • nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
  • nonpassive — not passive; active
  • nonsapient — Not sapient.
  • nonseptate — not having a septum
  • nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
  • nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
  • opaqueness — The characteristic of being opaque.
  • open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
  • open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
  • open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
  • operations — Plural form of operation.
  • orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
  • osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
  • palmerstonHenry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • pantalonespantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • pantoscope — a panoramic camera
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
  • pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
  • pensionary — a pensioner.
  • pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
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