10-letter words containing a, n, e, r, l
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- oil tanker — a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
- oil-harden — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- ordainable — able to be ordained
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- organelles — Cell Biology. a specialized part of a cell having some specific function; a cell organ.
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- overglance — to glance over
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overlearnt — relating to repetitive practice or learning
- overleaven — to leaven too much; to spoil
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palfrenier — a person whose duty is to tend to horses
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- parapineal — situated beside the pineal gland
- paraselene — a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
- parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
- pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- parenteral — taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
- parentless — a father or a mother.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.