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10-letter words containing p, a, r, i

  • orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
  • organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
  • orographic — Of or relating to mountains, especially with regard to their position and form.
  • orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
  • overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
  • pack drill — a military punishment by which the offender is made to march about carrying a full pack of equipment
  • pack trail — a path or route suitable for pack animals
  • pack train — a train, or procession, of pack animals
  • paderewski — Ignace [French ee-nyas] /French iˈnyas/ (Show IPA), or Ignacy Jan [Polish ig-nah-tsi yahn] /Polish ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
  • padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
  • paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
  • page chair — a chair of the 18th century having deep wings continued to form an arch over the seat.
  • painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
  • painstaker — a painstaking person
  • paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
  • pair royal — Cribbage. a set of three cards of the same denomination, worth six points.
  • palavering — a conference or discussion.
  • palearctic — Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas.
  • palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
  • palfrenier — a person whose duty is to tend to horses
  • palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
  • palletizer — a machine that packs, dismantles, or secures pallets
  • paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
  • panaritium — a whitlow
  • pancratian — (in ancient Greece) of, or relating to, the pancratium
  • pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
  • pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
  • pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
  • pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
  • panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
  • panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
  • panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
  • panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
  • panspermic — relating to panspermia
  • pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
  • 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.
  • papaverine — a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C 2 0 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
  • paper clip — small clasp that holds papers together
  • paper mill — factory where paper is made
  • paper-clip — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
  • paperknife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
  • paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
  • parabiosis — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
  • parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
  • parabolize — to form as a parabola or paraboloid.
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