10-letter words containing p, e, a, n, u
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- pentaquine — a synthetic antimalarial drug, C18H27N3O, used chiefly in the form of its phosphate
- pentateuch — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- perturbant — a thing that causes perturbance
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- 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.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punctulate — studded with minute points or dots.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- queen palm — a feather palm, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, of South America, having leaves from 7 to 12 feet (2 to 3½ meters) in length, and large, hanging clusters of small fruit.
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.