10-letter words containing e, y, s, r
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- parablepsy — a hallucination
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- passerby's — a person passing by.
- passerbyes — a person passing by.
- peerlessly — in a peerless manner
- 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.
- pennycress — any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, especially T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perimysium — the connective tissue surrounding bundles of skeletal muscle fibers.
- perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
- 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.
- perversely — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- 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.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- 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.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polyspermy — the fertilization of an ovum by several spermatozoa.
- possessory — of or relating to a possessor or to possession: registration of possessory claims.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- prepensely — in a premeditated way
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presbytery — a body of presbyters or elders.
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- presignify — to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
- prespecify — to specify in advance