10-letter words containing p, a, n, t
- 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.
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- 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.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- gabapentin — (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
- 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.
- gastroporn — the representation of food in a highly sensual manner
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hyphenated — of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
- hyphenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenate.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- impairment — the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
- impalement — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impanation — the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.
- impartance — Impartation.
- impartment — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impatience — lack of patience.
- impermeant — That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane.
- implanting — Present participle of implant.
- import ban — a ban on the importation of certain products from a certain country into the home country
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- impregnant — (obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.