10-letter words containing p, a, i, n
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chaplaincy — A chaplaincy is the building or office in which a chaplain works.
- cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- co-captain — a joint captain
- coaptation — the joining or reuniting of two surfaces, esp the ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound
- cochampion — a joint champion
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- collapsion — (archaic) collapse.
- compacting — Present participle of compact.
- compaction — a compacting or being compacted; compression
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- companions — Plural form of companion.
- compansion — Companding.
- companying — Present participle of company.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- compassing — Present participle of compass.
- compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- compliance — a disposition to yield to or comply with others
- compliancy — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicant — (of the elytra of a beetle) overlapping
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- cooptation — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- coping saw — a handsaw with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in a material too thick for a fret saw
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- crappiness — extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy: crappy weather.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.