10-letter words containing n, p
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- 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.
- bank paper — bank notes collectively
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- be in pain — If you are in pain, you feel pain in a part of your body, because you are injured or ill.
- 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.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- bean caper — a shrub, Zygophyllum fabago, of E Mediterranean regions, whose flower buds are eaten as a substitute for capers: family Zygophyllaceae
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- beekeeping — Beekeeping is the practice of owning and taking care of bees.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bellperson — a bellhop.
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- big spring — a city in W Texas.
- bikini top — the part of a bikini worn over the breasts
- biparental — from two parents
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- bipinnaria — a free-swimming starfish larva
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- 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.
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bone up on — If you bone up on a subject, you try to find out about it or remind yourself of what you have already learned about it.
- bonnet top — a top to a secretary, highboy, etc., following in outline a broken pediment on the front.
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra