10-letter words containing n, p, l
- appendical — (generally, chiefly of a book's or of books') Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices.
- appendicle — a small appendage
- applauding — Present participle of applaud.
- appledrain — a wasp
- appliances — Plural form of appliance.
- applicants — Plural form of applicant.
- aquaplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of aquaplane.
- aquaplaner — the rider of an aquaplane
- aquaplanes — Plural form of aquaplane.
- aquaplanet — (astronomy) A planet having a considerable amount of surface water.
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- bead plane — a plane for cutting beads.
- bead plant — a creeping plant, Nertera granadensis, of New Zealand and South America, having leathery leaves and orange-colored, transparent berries.
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- biparental — from two parents
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blowing up — a reprimand
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- bnr prolog — A constraint logic language.
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bump along — advance unevenly
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- capablanca — José Raúl (xoˈse raˈul), called Capa or the Chess Machine 1888–1942, Cuban chess player; world champion 1921–27
- cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline