10-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
- parmigiana — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
- parmigiano — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
- parnassian — pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- 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.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- 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.
- party plan — of or relating to a method of selling products such as jewellery, clothes, or kitchen items: agents hold a party at which they display and sell the goods
- pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- patriating — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patriation — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- 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.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- patterning — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
- pax romana — the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pearmonger — a seller of pears
- 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.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- penannular — having the shape or design of an incomplete circle.
- penetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- penetrance — the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms. Compare expressivity (def 2).
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant