10-letter words containing p, i, n, o
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- correption — the shortening of vowels in pronunciation
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- counterpin — bedspread.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- data point — a single fact or piece of information; a datum: Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.
- datapoints — Plural form of datapoint.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- dead point — dead center
- deceptions — Plural form of deception.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- depictions — representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration: Picasso's painting Guernica is an accurate depiction of the horrors of war.
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depletions — Plural form of depletion.
- depositing — Present participle of deposit.
- deposition — A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- deputation — A deputation is a small group of people who have been asked to speak to someone on behalf of a larger group of people, especially in order to make a complaint.
- desciption — Misspelling of description.
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despoiling — plundering by force
- desponding — to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.