10-letter words containing p, o, n, t, a
- 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
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- 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.
- impanation — the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.
- 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.
- imputation — the act of imputing.
- inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- loon pants — trousers that flare from the knee
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- neapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Naples: a Neapolitan love song.
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- new potato — a variety of potato that is intended to be harvested and eaten during the summer while the individual potatoes are still comparatively small
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- non parity — parity
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- non-impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- non-repeat — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- noncapital — (of an offense) not punishable by death.
- nonoptimal — not optimal