10-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- 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.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pinnigrade — moving by means of finlike parts or flippers, as the seals and walruses.
- pipe organ — organ (def 1).
- piperazine — Also called piperazidine [pip-uh-raz-i-deen, -din, pahy-puh-] /ˌpɪp əˈræz ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˌpaɪ pə-/ (Show IPA). a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent ring compound, C 4 H 1 0 N 2 , prepared by the reaction of ethylene bromide or ethylene chloride with ammonia: used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic, and as an insecticide.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- plain rail — (in a double-hung window) a meeting rail equal in thickness to its sash.
- plain-wrap — packaged in a plain wrapper, especially one displaying no brand name; no-frills: the growing popularity of plain-wrap products.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- plane tree — any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- planigraph — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- planner-73 — The original name for PLASMA.
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- planometer — surface plate.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polarizing — to cause polarization in.
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- 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.
- portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.