10-letter words containing n, e, p, t, h
- nightpiece — a work of art representing a night scene
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- north pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- not a hope — used ironically to express little confidence that expectations will be fulfilled
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- on the hip — at a disadvantage
- on the hop — If you are caught on the hop, you are surprised by someone doing something when you were not expecting them to and so you are not prepared for it.
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantheress — a female panther
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentateuch — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- permethrin — a synthetic chemical compound with formula C21H20Cl2O3, effective as an insecticide and against various parasites
- peter chen — (person) The developer of the Entity-Relationship model.
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.