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

  • 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
  • nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
  • nonaspirin — (of a medicine) not containing aspirin
  • nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
  • nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
  • nonpassive — not passive; active
  • nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
  • nonsapient — Not sapient.
  • nonseptate — not having a septum
  • nonspacing — (US) alternative spelling of non-spacing.
  • nonspatial — of or relating to space.
  • nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
  • nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
  • nosophobia — an abnormal fear of disease.
  • nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
  • not a snap — not a bit; not at all
  • omniparous — producing or generating all things
  • 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.
  • opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
  • organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
  • orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
  • orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
  • osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
  • outpassion — to surpass in passion
  • palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
  • pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • pansophism — a claim or pretension to pansophy.
  • pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
  • pantalones — pantaloons, 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.
  • pantaloons — pantaloons, 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
  • paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
  • parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
  • paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
  • pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
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