10-letter words containing n, s, a, l
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plattensee — German name of Balaton.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
- positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- push along — to go away
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- rank scale — (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
- ranunculus — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus, having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-analyse — to analyse (something) again
- re-enslave — to enslave again
- reanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonless — not having any reason or sense: an utterly reasonless display of anger.
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- renewables — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- resemblant — having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to): two persons with resemblant features.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows