10-letter words containing s, i, n, e, p
- monopolies — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- mopishness — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- neckpieces — Plural form of neckpiece.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- 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.
- 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.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nippleless — Without nipples.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- noiseproof — soundproof.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nonstriped — Not striped.
- nosepieces — Plural form of nosepiece.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- oenophiles — Plural form of oenophile.
- on deposit — payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase
- on impulse — instinctively
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- open-sided — having a side or sides open.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- oppressing — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppression — the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paintiness — the quality of being painty
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pangenesis — the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
- paraenesis — advice
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parischane — a parish