10-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- 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).
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- 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.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pityriasis — Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- 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.
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyramidist — an expert in the structure and history of the Egyptian pyramids
- quadratics — a quadratic polynomial or equation.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- rabbitries — Plural form of rabbitry.
- radio mast — transmission tower
- radio star — a radio source.
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.