10-letter words containing p, e, n, t, y
- play agent — a broker representing a playwright in dealings with theater managers, producers, etc.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prepayment — paying for sth in advance
- prepotency — the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puy lentil — a greyish-green variety of lentil that retains its shape after cooking
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pyroxenite — any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- rent party — (especially during the Great Depression) a party with music and dancing, given to raise money for the host's rent by collecting a contribution from each guest.
- repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- supplyment — the act of supplying; replenishment
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- threepenny — of the amount or value of threepence.
- top twenty — the twenty most important or successful items in a particular list
- tree peony — a shrubby plant, Paeonia suffruticosa, of China, having rose-red or white flowers nearly 12 inches (30.5 cm) wide.
- tryptamine — a crystalline substance, C 10 H 12 N 2 , that is formed from tryptophan and is involved in various metabolic processes.
- turpentiny — of, containing, or similar to turpentine
- tympanites — distention of the abdominal wall, as in peritonitis, caused by the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity.