10-letter words containing p, u, n, i, t, o
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- punto fijo — a city in NW Venezuela, on the Paraguana Peninsula.
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put option — put (def 24).
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
- unoptional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- unphonetic — not phonetic
- unpolitely — impolitely
- unprofited — lacking profit or gain
- 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
- 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