10-letter words containing t, e, l, o, n
- ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
- octavalent — having a valence of eight.
- odontolite — bone turquoise.
- oenologist — Alternative spelling of enologist.
- oil tanker — a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
- on a plate — in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- on the fly — to move through the air using wings.
- on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- one-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic either significantly exceeds or falls significantly below a given value, where the error is relevant only in one direction: for instance, in testing whether scales are fair a customer does not regard overweight goods as a relevant error
- ontologies — Plural form of ontology.
- ontologise — Alt form ontologize.
- ontologize — to express in ontological terms; regard from an ontological viewpoint.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- outflanked — Simple past tense and past participle of outflank.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- overlearnt — relating to repetitive practice or learning
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- peltmonger — a seller of pelts
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.