10-letter words containing a, p, o, t, r, i
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- 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.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- piano trio — an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
- pianoforte — a piano.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- 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-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro patria — for one's country.
- pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- propitiate — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.