10-letter words containing o, n, p
- fire point — the lowest temperature at which a volatile liquid, after its vapors have been ignited, will give off vapors at a rate sufficient to sustain combustion.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- flip phone — mobile telephone: clam-shell style
- floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floor plan — a diagram of one room, apartment, or entire floor of a building, usually drawn to scale.
- floppiness — tending to flop.
- flyposting — the posting of advertising or political bills, posters, etc in unauthorized places
- foot-pound — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one pound when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-lb.
- footprints — Plural form of footprint.
- fore plane — a plane, intermediate in size between a jack plane and a jointer plane, used for preliminary smoothing.
- foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- foretopmen — Plural form of foretopman.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- found poem — a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- frown upon — If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gang up on — a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
- gastroporn — the representation of food in a highly sensual manner
- genophobes — Plural form of genophobe.
- genophobia — The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- genophobic — Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
- genotyping — Present participle of genotype.
- geoponical — agricultural
- give up on — abandon: sb
- glyptodont — any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- gossipping — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- gramophony — the art, technique, or practice of recording sound on disc
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.