10-letter words containing n, i, p, u, r
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nisi prius — Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
- nulliparae — Plural form of nullipara.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- oleuropein — (organic compound) A complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- outpouring — outpouring.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- principium — a principle.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.