10-letter words containing n, i, t, r, a
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- parakiting — parasailing.
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- pargetting — the act of a person who pargets.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- 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.
- parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- peridental — periodontal.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- peroration — a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- pertaining — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- piano trio — an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
- 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.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- 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.