10-letter words containing a, p, e, n, i
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- pentaquine — a synthetic antimalarial drug, C18H27N3O, used chiefly in the form of its phosphate
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
- pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- peridental — periodontal.
- peridinian — a member of the genus Peridinium
- perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
- perikaryon — cell body.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- peroration — a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pertaining — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- peten-itza — Lake, a lake in N central Guatemala: nearby site of Mayan ruins. About 38 sq. mi. (98 sq. km).
- petnapping — the stealing of a pet, as for resale or ransom.
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phenacaine — a compound, C 1 8 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , usually used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic for the eye.
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- pigeon pea — a tropical shrub, Cajanus cajan, having showy yellow flowers.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pine snake — any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly in pine woods: now threatened.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.