10-letter words containing n, s, a, l
- outlasting — Present participle of outlast.
- outsailing — Present participle of outsail.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- 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.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- 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.
- paraselene — a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
- parentless — a father or a mother.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pig island — New Zealand
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plain sail — any of the ordinary working sails of a vessel.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plaintless — without complaint
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- planlessly — in a planless or aimless manner
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material