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10-letter words containing p, o, n, t, a

  • pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
  • pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
  • pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
  • pantoscope — a panoramic camera
  • pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
  • panzerotto — a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings
  • papiamento — a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao.
  • papulation — the formation or development of papules
  • paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
  • paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • paroxetine — a drug, C 19 H 20 FNO 3 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
  • paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
  • parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
  • part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
  • parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
  • pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
  • patagonian — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
  • patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
  • pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
  • patient of — capable of bearing (fatigue, thirst, etc.)
  • patination — to cover or encrust with a patina.
  • patriation — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronizer — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
  • peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
  • pedodontia — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
  • pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
  • penetrator — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
  • pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
  • pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
  • pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
  • pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
  • pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
  • pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
  • pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
  • per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
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