10-letter words containing n, y, o
- plottingly — in a plotting manner
- pogonotomy — the cutting or shaving of a beard
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- poison ivy — a vine or shrub, Rhus radicans, having trifoliate leaves and whitish berries and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polyclinic — a clinic or a hospital dealing with various diseases.
- polyclonal — Biology. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from several lines of clones.
- polycotton — cotton and poliester blend fabric
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- polylysine — a type of synthetic polypeptide used to enable adhesion of cells to microscope slides
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polynomial — consisting of or characterized by two or more names or terms.
- polyolefin — any of a group of thermoplastic, stiff, light, and hard polymers obtained from the polymerization of simple olefins like propylene, used for injection molding, mostly in the automotive and appliance industries.
- polyonymic — relating to a polyonym
- polyphenol — a polymeric phenol.
- polyphonic — consisting of many voices or sounds.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- ponerology — a theory of evil
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- prepotency — the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- promontory — a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.