10-letter words containing p, a, y, o, r
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polystylar — relating to a polystyle
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- pornocracy — government or domination of government by whores
- port royal — a village in S South Carolina, on Port Royal island: colonized by French Huguenots 1562.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
- praxeology — the study of human conduct.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- prokaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- 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).
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- 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.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- pyroborate — borax1 .
- 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.
- pyrography — the process of burning designs on wood, leather, etc., with a heated tool.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- reparatory — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- rock spray — a low, evergreen, Himalayan shrub, Cotoneaster microphyllus, of the rose family, having shiny leaves with grayish, hairy undersides, white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- roma gypsy — a member of a people scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- 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.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.