10-letter words containing i, r, o, n, p
- piano roll — a roll of paper containing perforations such that air passing through them actuates the keys of a player piano.
- piano trio — an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- picrotoxin — a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C 3 0 H 3 4 O 1 3 , obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
- pinot noir — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- pioneer 10 — a US spacecraft that studied the solar system, making the first flyby of Jupiter in 1973
- pioneer 11 — a US spacecraft that studied the solar system, making the first flyby of Saturn in 1979
- pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pipe organ — organ (def 1).
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- piston rod — a rod communicating the rectilinear motion of a piston to the small end of a connecting rod or elsewhere.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- point tire — drawn work.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polarizing — to cause polarization in.
- pollenizer — a plant which provides pollen
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
- pontonnier — a builder of pontoon bridges
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
- porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portioning — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- postprison — relating to or occurring in the period after a person has been incarcerated
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- power line — a line for conducting electric power.
- powerpoint — (graphics, tool) A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
- prairillon — a small prairie.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.