10-letter words containing p, a, r, l, y
- preferably — more desirable.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- pyrogallol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- radial-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running radially to enable the sidewalls to be flexible
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- repeatedly — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- reply card — a usually postage-paid postcard or coupon that can be mailed back to the sender to place an order, request information, or the like.
- reply-paid — having the cost of sending a reply (of a letter, etc) prepaid by the sender
- royal palm — any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle.
- salary cap — a maximum limit on salaries.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- satyr play — a burlesque or ribald drama having a chorus of satyrs, usually written by a poet to follow the poet's trilogy of tragedies presented at the Dionysian festival in ancient Greece.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- sparks fly — If sparks fly between people, they discuss something in an excited or angry way.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- tardy slip — a slip of paper given to students who are late for school
- telegraphy — the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.
- temporally — of or relating to time.
- temporalty — secular things
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- xylography — The art of making woodcuts or wood engravings, especially by a relatively primitive technique.