10-letter words containing p, a, n, t
- 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.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platinated — to platinize.
- plattensee — German name of Balaton.
- play agent — a broker representing a playwright in dealings with theater managers, producers, etc.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- 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)
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- 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.
- positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- potentiate — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc