10-letter words containing a, r, e, p, s
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
- power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.