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10-letter words containing p, a, r, t, s

  • patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
  • patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
  • patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
  • patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
  • patristics — patrology (def 1).
  • patronised — 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.
  • pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
  • 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.
  • pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
  • pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
  • pediatrist — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
  • 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.
  • percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
  • permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
  • petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
  • phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
  • pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
  • pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
  • phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
  • physiatric — physical medicine.
  • physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
  • piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
  • pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
  • pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
  • pine straw — fallen pine needles.
  • pityriasis — Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.
  • plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
  • 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.
  • playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
  • playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
  • pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
  • podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
  • poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
  • polar star — north star
  • poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
  • polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
  • polystylar — relating to a polystyle
  • popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
  • port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
  • port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
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