10-letter words containing e, n, t, r, p, i
- 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.
- parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- paroxetine — a drug, C 19 H 20 FNO 3 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
- partnering — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- 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.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronizer — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterning — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- 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.
- penteteric — (of ancient Greek festivals) occurring every fifth year
- peppermint — an herb, Mentha piperita, of the mint family, cultivated for its aromatic, pungent oil.
- percentile — one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it.
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percipient — perceiving or capable of perceiving.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- perficient — someone who or something that accomplishes or completes a task, etc
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- pericenter — the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- pericentre — the point in an elliptical orbit that is nearest to the centre of mass of the system
- peridental — periodontal.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- peritoneum — 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.
- permethrin — a synthetic chemical compound with formula C21H20Cl2O3, effective as an insecticide and against various parasites
- permitting — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- peroration — a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- persistent — persistence
- persisting — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- perstringe — to allude to or imply
- pertaining — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pertinence — pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petitioner — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pin-stripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.