10-letter words containing s, n, a, p, o
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- pianissimo — very soft.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- poison gas — any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- poison oak — either of two shrubs, Rhus toxicodendron, of the eastern U.S., or R. diversiloba, of the Pacific coast of North America, resembling poison ivy and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to them.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch