10-letter words containing p, o, t, n
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.
- groundplot — Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- 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
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- 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
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- 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.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotises — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotists — Plural form of hypnotist.
- hypnotized — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypnotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- idempotent — unchanged when multiplied by itself.
- ignipotent — (poetic) Presiding over fire; fiery.
- impactions — Plural form of impaction.
- impanation — the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.
- 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.
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- importuner — One who importunes.
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.