10-letter words containing p, o, t, n
- metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
- methoprene — a synthetic insect juvenile hormone, C 1 9 H 3 4 O 3 , used as a biological pesticide primarily on mosquito and fly larvae to prevent maturing to the adult state.
- microprint — a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device.
- 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
- monopolist — a person who has a monopoly.
- monoprotic — (of an acid) having one transferable proton.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- monopteron — a classical building having a single outer colonnade surrounding a central structure or a courtyard.
- monopteros — monopteron.
- monopthong — Misspelling of monophthong.
- monotropic — polymorphism that is irreversible.
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- moot point — open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- moss point — a town in SE Mississippi.
- mote spoon — a small spoon with a pierced bowl for removing tea leaves from a cup of tea.
- muffin top — a crisp, flat muffin that resembles the top portion of a typical muffin.
- multipoint — (sports) Involving the scoring of multiple points, especially by a particular player.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- 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.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- néel point — the temperature above which an antiferromagnetic substance loses its antiferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- negentropy — The entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
- negroponte — Euboea.
- 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.
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nephometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of cloud cover in the sky.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- nepotistic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
- net.police — /net-p*-lees'/ (Or "net police", "net.cops") Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. See also net.-, code police.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- 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
- newel post — a post supporting one end of a handrail at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nightspots — Plural form of nightspot.
- nilpotence — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- no-trumper — a hand suitable for calling and playing no trumps
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.