10-letter words containing a, n, c, r, e
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- penetrance — the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms. Compare expressivity (def 2).
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
- percentage — a rate or proportion per hundred.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- permanence — the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
- permanency — permanence.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernoctate — to stay all night
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precontact — prior contact
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prepacking — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- principate — supreme power or office.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- protectant — a substance, as a chemical spray, that provides protection, as against insects, frost, rust, etc.; protective agent.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.