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10-letter words containing e, p, a, y

  • palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
  • panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
  • panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
  • parablepsy — a hallucination
  • paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
  • parallelly — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
  • paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
  • parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parentally — of or relating to a parent.
  • paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
  • party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
  • 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.
  • party time — the season for parties
  • party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
  • passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
  • passerby's — a person passing by.
  • passerbyes — a person passing by.
  • paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
  • patty-cake — pat-a-cake.
  • pausefully — in a pauseful manner
  • pay cheque — Your pay cheque is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use pay cheque as a way of referring to your wages or salary.
  • pay packet — Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week.
  • pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
  • peacefully — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
  • peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
  • pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
  • pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
  • pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
  • peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
  • pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
  • penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
  • penny ante — a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent
  • penny-ante — involving a trifling sum of money; small in amount: a penny-ante investment.
  • pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
  • pensionary — a pensioner.
  • pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
  • pentastyle — having five columns.
  • perikaryal — of or pertaining to the perikaryon of a nerve; involving or occurring within a perikaryon
  • perikaryon — cell body.
  • perl-byacc — A modified version of byacc that generates a parser in Perl code, by Rick Ohnemus <[email protected]>. It has a "-p" switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or Perl). Version 1.8.2 should work on most Unix systems. It also works with SAS/C 6.x on Amiga.
  • permanency — permanence.
  • peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
  • personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
  • personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
  • pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
  • pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
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