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10-letter words containing o, p, t, a

  • 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.
  • peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
  • peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • pedal boat — a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
  • pedodontia — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
  • pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
  • pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
  • penetrator — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
  • pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
  • pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
  • pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
  • pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
  • pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
  • pentatomic — having five atoms in the molecule
  • pentatonic — relating to any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale
  • pequot war — a war in 1637 between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe.
  • per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
  • percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
  • perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
  • perforated — perforated.
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
  • peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
  • permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
  • pernoctate — to stay all night
  • peroration — a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
  • petrograph — petroglyph.
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
  • petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
  • petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
  • phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
  • phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
  • phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
  • phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
  • phenoplast — phenolic resin.
  • philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
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