10-letter words containing p, e, n, y
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- penis envy — the repressed wish of a female to possess a penis.
- penitently — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penny ante — a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent
- penny post — (formerly) any of various postal systems delivering mail for a penny a letter.
- penny-ante — involving a trifling sum of money; small in amount: a penny-ante investment.
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- pennycress — any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, especially T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
- pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- permanency — permanence.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- petromoney — the money that is regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- pin cherry — any of several species of cherry, especially Prunus padus (European bird cherry) of Europe and Asia, and P. pensylvanica (pin cherry) of the U.S.
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.