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

  • top twenty — the twenty most important or successful items in a particular list
  • top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
  • topagnosia — a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched
  • topgallant — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
  • topknotted — (of hair) tied up on top of the head
  • toponymics — the study of place-names
  • toponymist — a person who studies place names
  • torpedoing — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
  • torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
  • torpescent — becoming torpid
  • totipotent — (of a cell or part) having the potential for developing in various specialized ways in response to external or internal stimuli.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
  • transpolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
  • transposal — transposition.
  • transposon — a genetic element that can move from one site in a chromosome to another site in the same or a different chromosome and thus alter the genetic constitution of the organism
  • tree peony — a shrubby plant, Paeonia suffruticosa, of China, having rose-red or white flowers nearly 12 inches (30.5 cm) wide.
  • treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
  • triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
  • tripehound — an objectionable person
  • triphthong — Phonetics. a monosyllabic speech-sound sequence perceived as being made up of three differing vowel qualities, as the pronunciation of our, especially in r-dropping dialects.
  • tritanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to blue and yellow.
  • trollopian — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
  • tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
  • troponin i — a protein within a troponin complex that helps regulate the heartbeat and can be used as an indicator of myocardial infarction.
  • tryptophan — an essential amino acid, (C 8 H 6 N)CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, colorless, crystalline, and aromatic, released from proteins by tryptic digestion and a precursor of serotonin. Symbol: W. Abbreviation: Trp;
  • tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
  • typhogenic — producing typhus or typhoid fever.
  • uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • unoperated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • unoptional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
  • unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
  • unphonetic — not phonetic
  • unpolitely — impolitely
  • unpolluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
  • unprobated — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
  • unprofited — lacking profit or gain
  • unprompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • unreported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • unsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
  • unstooping — (of head, shoulders, posture, or a person) not stooping or bending
  • up country — away from the coast or the capital
  • uprootings — acts of uprooting
  • usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
  • utopianism — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
  • utopianist — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
  • utopianize — to idealize; to make utopian
  • vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
  • viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
  • voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
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